Aetomylaeus is a genus of eagle rays in the family Myliobatidae.
Aetomylaeus | |
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Aetomylaeus bovinus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Myliobatidae |
Genus: | Aetomylaeus Garman, 1908 |
Synonyms | |
Pteromylaeus Garman, 1913 [2] |
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 | |
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 | |
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]