Biology:Aetomylaeus

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Short description: Genus of cartilaginous fishes

Aetomylaeus
Temporal range: 5–0 Ma
Pliocene to Present[1]
Manta ray parking bay @ Oceanário de Lisboa.jpg
Aetomylaeus bovinus
Scientific classification e
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]

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

Species

There are currently 8 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
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
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.
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
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]

  • Aetomylaeus cojimarensis Iturralde-Vinent, Mora, Rojas & Gutierriez, 1998
  • Aetomylaeus cubensis Iturralde-Vinent, Mora, Rojas & Gutierriez, 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. 
  4. 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. 
  5. "Extinct - valid species | Species | Shark-References". https://shark-references.com/species/listValidFossil/A. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2825692 entry