Raja montagui Spotted ray

Raja montagui is commonly referred to as Spotted ray. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 25000 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

2961 

AphiaID:

105887 

Scientific:

Raja montagui 

German:

Fleckenrochen 

English:

Spotted Ray 

Category:

Rockor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Rajiformes (Order) > Rajidae (Family) > Raja (Genus) > montagui (Species) 

Initial determination:

Fowler, 1910 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

19.69" - 31.5" (50cm - 80cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes) 

Tank:

5499.46 gal (~ 25000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Raja ackleyi
• Raja africana
• Raja asterias
• Raja bahamensis
• 
  Raja brachyura
  Blondrochen, Kurzschwanzrochen
• Raja cervigoni
• Raja chinensis
• 
  Raja clavata
  Stechrochen, Nagelrochen, Stachelrochen
• Raja cortezensis
• Raja eglanteria
• Raja equatorialis
• Raja herwigi
• Raja inornata
• 
  Raja maderensis
  Madeira-Rochen
• Raja microocellata
• 
  Raja miraletus
  Spiegelrochen
• 
  Raja montagui
  Fleckenrochen
• Raja pita
• Raja polystigma
• Raja radula
• Raja rhina
• Raja rondeleti
• Raja rouxi
• Raja stellulata
• 
  Raja straeleni
  Biscuit-Rochen
• Raja texana
• 
  Raja undulata
  Marmorrochen
• Raja velezi
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-12-20 15:06:12 

Last edit:

2025-08-27 10:38:58 

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