Occurrence of a Shoal of Bull Ray Aetomylaeus bovinus (Myliobatidae) Around a Sea-Cage Farm in İskenderun Bay (Türkiye, NE Mediterranean Sea)

In this study, a shoal of bull rays, Aetomylaeus bovinus (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817), around sea-cage fish farm in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey is reported. Such an aggregation probably due to ontogenetic shift but may also be factor reproductive process as some pregnant females were observed. The number individuals recorded, all more than 25, shows that the species still present area needs conservation plan its k-selected life-histories and potential for extinction.