Aetomylaeus
Aetomylaeus is a genus of eagle rays in the family Myliobatidae.
| Aetomylaeus | |
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| Aetomylaeus bovinus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Myliobatidae |
| Genus: | Aetomylaeus Garman, 1908 |
| Synonyms | |
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Pteromylaeus Garman, 1913 [2] | |
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetomylaeus asperrimus (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) | Rough eagle ray [2] | Panama and the Galapagos Islands | |
 | Aetomylaeus bovinus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) [2] | Bull ray | coasts of Europe and Africa. |
| Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus W. T. White, Last & Baje, 2015 | Blue-banded eagle ray[3] | northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea | |
 | Aetomylaeus maculatus (J. E. Gray, 1834) | Mottled eagle ray | India to China and Indonesia. |
| Aetomylaeus milvus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) | Smooth eagle ray | Red Sea to China, south to Indonesia. | |
| Aetomylaeus nichofii (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) | Banded eagle ray | Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, possibly Maldives | |
_Baa_Atoll%252C_Maldives_(2018).jpg.webp) | Aetomylaeus vespertilio (Bleeker, 1852) | Ornate eagle ray | coasts of Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mozambique, Palau, Philippines, Seychelles, South Africa, Taiwan, and Thailand |
| Aetomylaeus wafickii (Jabado, Ebert & Al Dhaheri, 2022) | Wafc’s eagle ray | Oman,United Arab Emirates | |
The recognized extinct species:[4]
References
- Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
- White, W.T. (2014). "A revised generic arrangement for the eagle ray family Myliobatidae, with definitions for the valid genera". Zootaxa. 3860 (2): 149–166. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3860.2.3. PMID 25283197.
- White, W.T.; Last, P.R. & Baje, L. (2015). "Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus, a new species of eagle ray (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from northern Australia and New Guinea". Ichthyological Research. 63 (1): 94–109. doi:10.1007/s10228-015-0480-9. S2CID 18638667.
- "Extinct - valid species | Species | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
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