Aetobatus
| Aetobatus Temporal range: 59–0Ma | |
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| Spotted Eagle Ray (A. narinari) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Myliobatidae |
| Genus: | Aetobatus Blainville, 1816 |
Aetobatus is a genus of eagle rays native to the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- Aetobatus flagellum (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (longheaded eagle ray)
- Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasén, 1790) (spotted eagle ray)
Aetobatus narinari, Maldives - Aetobatus narutobiei W. T. White, Furumitsu, A. Yamaguchi, 2013 (Naru eagle ray)[3]
- Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823) (ocellated eagle ray)
There is also one extinct species placed in this genus:
- Aetobatus poeyi Fernandez de Castro, 1871
See also
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Aetobatus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 White, W.T., Furumitsu, K. & Yamaguchi, A. (2013): A New Species of Eagle Ray Aetobatus narutobiei from the Northwest Pacific: An Example of the Critical Role Taxonomy Plays in Fisheries and Ecological Sciences. PLoS ONE, 8 (12): e83785.
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