Spotted Eagle Ray Favorite Fish — What to Serve in Scale the Depths
Spotted Eagle Ray pays its best tip for Summer Flounder or White Crappie — here is exactly when to save that catch, what to avoid, and how the base and variant payouts compare.
▶ TL;DR
Serve Spotted Eagle Ray Summer Flounder or White Crappie for its favorite tip (up to 765 coins total). Avoid Gafftopsail Catfish, Blue Catfish.
- Favorite
- Summer Flounder, White Crappie
- Avoid
- Gafftopsail Catfish, Blue Catfish
- Max payout
- 765 coins
◇ How to serve Spotted Eagle Ray
Spotted Eagle Ray appears in Outer Banks and pays a favorite tip for Summer Flounder or White Crappie. Summer Flounder is Spotted Eagle Ray's signature — no other customer treats it as a favorite, so any Summer Flounder you land has exactly one ideal buyer.
There are two versions of Spotted Eagle Ray. The base pays up to 550 (440 base + 110 tip); the rarer variant pays up to 765, a 215-coin jump for the same fish. A variant of Spotted Eagle Ray is always worth serving over the base when both are on screen — same catch, bigger payout.
Keep Gafftopsail Catfish and Blue Catfish away from Spotted Eagle Ray — those are the fish that lower its payout. Everything else is fair game as long as it fills the hunger of 750.
◇ Where to catch Spotted Eagle Ray’s favorite
Summer Flounder is caught in Outer Banks — the same world where you meet Spotted Eagle Ray, so you can serve it fresh without backtracking. It has 45 health and a feed value of 90. Scale it cleanly to clear Spotted Eagle Ray’s favorite threshold and bank the 110-coin tip.
White Crappie is caught in Outer Banks — the same world where you meet Spotted Eagle Ray, so you can serve it fresh without backtracking. It has 30 health and a feed value of 65. Scale it cleanly to clear Spotted Eagle Ray’s favorite threshold and bank the 110-coin tip.
Full stats for every catch are in the fish almanac.
✓ Tips
- If you can already satisfy Spotted Eagle Ray, its variant is free extra income — the favorite and dislike lists are identical, only the numbers scale up.
- Keep the fish quality high: the 110-coin tip only lands if Summer Flounder clears Spotted Eagle Ray's favorite threshold, so clean scaling matters more than speed here.
? Frequently asked
What is Spotted Eagle Ray's favorite fish in Scale the Depths?
Spotted Eagle Ray's favorite fish are Summer Flounder and White Crappie. Serving either at a high enough scaling quality adds a 110-coin tip on top of the 440 base payment.
What fish does Spotted Eagle Ray dislike?
Spotted Eagle Ray dislikes Gafftopsail Catfish, Blue Catfish. Serving any of these lowers the payout, so keep them for a customer who wants them instead.
How much does Spotted Eagle Ray pay in Scale the Depths?
The base Spotted Eagle Ray pays up to 550 coins and its rarer variant pays up to 765. Both share the same favorite and dislike lists.
▶ Put it into practice
Keep the full customer matchmaker open while you play, then match Spotted Eagle Ray to the right catch and bank the tip. Scale the Depths runs free in your browser.
⌬ Sources
- Neoseeker — Customer Preferences and Payouts — Full per-customer hunger, base, tip, max, favorites, dislikes, variant data.
- Last Word on Gaming — Customer Favourites Guide — Favorite-fish list, cross-checked against Neoseeker.
- Spotted Eagle Ray’s favorite and disliked fish cross-checked between both sources. Last verified 2026-06-15.