The body disc width of the eagle ray is almost twice the length of the body disc, the front edge is slightly convex, the rear edge is concave, and the front horn is sharp. The front edge of the snout is round, the head is broad and flat, and the front edge is cut flat. The mouth is flat and horizontal, about 2/3 of the length of the muzzle in front of the mouth. 5 mastoids on the floor of the mouth. The teeth are in 7 longitudinal rows on the upper and lower jaws, the median teeth are broad and rectangular, and the 3 rows of teeth on each side are narrow and nearly hexagonal. Gill openings narrow, 5. Pelvic fins long and narrow. 1 dorsal fin, triangular. The trailing edge is obliquely straight, connected to the tail, and its origin is opposite to the rear end of the pelvic fin base. The tail is slender like a whip, about 3 times the length of the body disc. No tail spines. Body dark brown, with white spots on the back of the body disc, and many dark brown horizontal stripes on the tail.

The eagle ray is distributed in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Philippines and the South China Sea. Often large groups appear in the upper layers of the sea, but most of them inhabit the bottom and mid-water layers, at a depth of about 220 meters, and are ovoviviparous. The eagle ray eats shellfish and feeds on benthic mollusks, crustaceans and fish.