Aetobatus laticeps

Aetobatus laticeps
	In the Galápagos
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Myliobatidae
Genus:	Aetobatus
Species:	A. laticeps
Binomial name
	Aetobatus laticeps; (Gill, 1865)

Aetobatus laticeps, the Pacific white-spotted eagle ray, is a species of cartilaginous fish in the eagle ray family Myliobatidae. It is found in the tropical East Pacific Ocean, ranging from Baja California to northern Peru, including the Galápagos.^[2] Until 2014, it was included in the similar spotted eagle ray (A. narinari), but the two differ in genetics.^[3]^[4] Following the split, A. narinari is restricted to the Atlantic, while the Indo-Pacific is inhabited by the closely related A. ocellatus.^[5]

References[]

^ Pollom, R., Avalos, C., Bizzarro, J., Burgos-Vázquez, M.I., Cevallos, A., Espinoza, M., González, A., Herman, K., Mejía-Falla, P.A., Morales-Saldaña, J.M., Navia, A.F., Pérez Jiménez, J.C. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. 2021. "Aetobatus laticeps. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T104021731A104021771". IUCN Red List.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Gill, T.N. (1865) Note on the family of myliobatoids, and on a new species of Aetobatis. Annals of the Lycium of Natural History of New York 8: 135–138.
^ Richards, V.P., M. Henning, W. Witzell & M.S. Shivji (2009). Species delineation and evolutionary history of the globally distributed spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari). J Hered. 100(3): 273-83. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esp005
^ 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.
^ White, W.T., P.R. Last, G.J.P. Naylor, K. Jensen & J.N. Caira (2010). Clarification of Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823) as a valid species, and a comparison with Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (Rajiformes: Myliobatidae). Pp. 141-164 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J., eds. (2010). Descriptions of new sharks and rays from Borneo. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 32.

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[1] Pollom, R., Avalos, C., Bizzarro, J., Burgos-Vázquez, M.I., Cevallos, A., Espinoza, M., González, A., Herman, K., Mejía-Falla, P.A., Morales-Saldaña, J.M., Navia, A.F., Pérez Jiménez, J.C. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. 2021. "Aetobatus laticeps. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T104021731A104021771". IUCN Red List.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Gill, T.N. (1865) Note on the family of myliobatoids, and on a new species of Aetobatis. Annals of the Lycium of Natural History of New York 8: 135–138.

[3] Richards, V.P., M. Henning, W. Witzell & M.S. Shivji (2009). Species delineation and evolutionary history of the globally distributed spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari). J Hered. 100(3): 273-83. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esp005

[4] 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.

[White2010-5] White, W.T., P.R. Last, G.J.P. Naylor, K. Jensen & J.N. Caira (2010). Clarification of Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823) as a valid species, and a comparison with Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (Rajiformes: Myliobatidae). Pp. 141-164 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J., eds. (2010). Descriptions of new sharks and rays from Borneo. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 32.

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Aetobatus laticeps

In the Galápagos
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Myliobatidae
Genus:	Aetobatus
Species:	A. laticeps
Binomial name
*Aetobatus laticeps* (Gill, 1865)