Midway Lagoon, 8 feet

Turtle Canyon, Waikiki, 30 feet

Koko Craters, Oahu, 35 feet

Oceanarium, Pacific Beach Hotel

Oceanarium, Pacific Beach Hotel

Mokumanamana (Necker Island)

Mokumanamana (Necker Island)

Locally common in areas adjacent to wide expanses of sand or rubble where they use a duck-like snout to root for buried invertebrates.  An attractive species with white spots on the dorsal surface and a long tail with several venomous spines at the base.  Attains width of at least 6 feet.  Hawaii and the Indo-Pacific.   Recently separated using genetic evidence from the Western Atlantic species Aetobatus narinari.