Commonly known as the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus is a species ... Cownose rays are known for their migratory behavior, often forming large schools that move in unison through coastal waters ...

In the cownose ray, the lateral line runs the length of the tail and branches off to pores in the fish’s skin, which they likely use to process information about their environment. By contrast ...

A pair of marine biologists at Harvard University has found that one of the main purposes of the cownose ray's tail is to serve as a fine-tuned antenna. In their study published in the Proceedings ...