Aetomylaeus

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

Pteromylaeus Garman, 1913 [2]

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

Species

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There are currently eight 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
File:Pteromylaeus bovinus valencia.jpg 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
File:Aetomylaeus maculatus 01.jpg 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.
File:Aetomylaeus nichofii.jpg 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
File: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
Aetomylaeus wafickii (Jabado, Ebert & Al Dhaheri, 2022) Wafic’s eagle ray[4] Oman, United Arab Emirates

The recognized extinct species:[5]

References

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