Aetomylaeus is a genus of eagle rays in the family Myliobatidae.
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| Aetomylaeus bovinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Myliobatidae |
| Genus: | Aetomylaeus Garman, 1908 |
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Pteromylaeus Garman, 1913 [2] | |
Species edit
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Aetomylaeus asperrimus (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) | Rough eagle ray [2] | Panama and the Galapagos Islands | |
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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 | |
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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. | |
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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 |
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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) | Wafic’s eagle ray[4] | Oman,United Arab Emirates |
The recognized extinct species:[5]
- †Aetomylaeus cojimarensis Iturralde-Vinent, Mora, Rojas & Gutierriez, 1998
- †Aetomylaeus cubensis Iturralde-Vinent, Mora, Rojas & Gutierriez, 1998
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Jabado, R.W.; Ebert, D.A. & Al Dhaheri, S.S. (2022). "Resolution of the Aetomylaeus nichofii species complex, with the description of a new eagle ray species from the northwest Indian Ocean and a key to the genus Aetomylaeus (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae)". Marine Biodiversity. 52: Article 15.
- ^ "Extinct - valid species | Species | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
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