Owl ray
Raja microocellata Montagu, 1818
Status not recordedsharks and rays
The owl ray (Raja microocellata) is a species in the family Rajidae, order Rajiformes.
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Quick facts about the owl ray
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the owl ray live?
Not recorded
Is the owl ray endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the owl ray classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classElasmobranchii
- orderRajiformes
- familyRajidae
- genusRaja
- SpeciesRaja microocellata Montagu, 1818
Synonyms Raia microocellata, Raja microcellata
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- Painted rayEnglish
- Small-eyed rayEnglish
- Smalleyed rayEnglish
- Smalleyed skateEnglish
- raya bermeyaAsturian
- rea roannesBreton
- rejnok světloskvrnnýCzech
- morgath lygaid-bachWelsh
- Småøjet rokkeDanish
- hellfleckiger RocheGerman
- raya bastardaSpanish
- palettirauskuFinnish
- raie mêléeFrench
- Razza microocellataItalian
- šlakuotoji rajaLithuanian
- Småøyet skateNorwegian Bokmål
- kleinoogrogDutch
- raja drobnookaPolish
- Raia-zimbreiraPortuguese
- ромбовый скатRussian
- küçük gözlü vatozTurkish
- Скат дрібноплямистийUkrainian
- rea lagadou bihenBreton
- Morgathod Llygaid-BachWelsh
- hellfleckiger RochenGerman
- kleinäugiger RochenGerman
- raya cimbreiraSpanish
- Raya coloradaSpanish
- raie aux petits yeuxFrench
- Мелкопятнистый скатRussian
Relatives of the owl ray
Other species in the same genus Raja.

Thornback ray
Raja clavata
Painted ray
Raja undulata
Brown ray
Raja miraletus
Homelyn ray
Raja montagui
Starry ray
Raja asterias
Blonde ray
Raja brachyura
CompareOwl ray vs Thornback rayOwl ray vs Painted rayOwl ray vs Brown rayOwl ray vs Homelyn ray
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the owl ray?
The owl ray (Raja microocellata) belongs to the family Rajidae in the order Rajiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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