Aetomylaeus

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Aetomylaeus
Temporal range: 5–0 Ma
↓
 Pliocene to Present[1]
Manta ray parking bay @ Oceanário de Lisboa.jpg
Aetomylaeus bovinus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Myliobatidae
Genus: Aetomylaeus
Garman, 1908
Synonyms

Pteromylaeus Garman, 1913 [2]

Aetomylaeus is a genus of eagle ray in the family Myliobatidae.

Species[]

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
(C. H. Gilbert, 1898) Rough eagle ray [2] Panama and the Galapagos Islands
Pteromylaeus bovinus valencia.jpg Aetomylaeus bovinus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) [2] Bull ray coasts of Europe and Africa.
W. T. White, Last & , 2015 Blue-banded eagle ray[3] northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea
Aetomylaeus maculatus 01.jpg Aetomylaeus maculatus (J. E. Gray, 1834) Mottled eagle ray India to China and Indonesia.
(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
Ornate eagle ray (Aetomylaeus vespertilio) Baa Atoll, Maldives (2018).jpg Aetomylaeus vespertilio (Bleeker, 1852) Ornate eagle ray coasts of Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mozambique, Palau, Philippines, Seychelles, South Africa, Taiwan, and Thailand


The recognized extinct species:[4]

  • † ITURRALDE-VINENT, MORA, ROJAS & GUTIERREZ, 1998
  • † ITURRALDE-VINENT, MORA, ROJAS & GUTIERREZ, 1998

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Extinct - valid species | Species | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.


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