Myliobatis

Myliobatis Temporal range: 65–0Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Danian to Present^[1]

Myliobatis californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Myliobatidae
Genus:	Myliobatis Cuvier (ex A. M. C. Duméril) , 1816

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

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: ^[2]^[3]

Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) (common eagle ray)
Myliobatis australis W. J. Macleay, 1881 (Australian bull ray)
Myliobatis californica T. N. Gill, 1865 (bat eagle ray)
Myliobatis chilensis Philippi {Krumweide}, 1893 (Chilean eagle ray)
Myliobatis freminvillii Lesueur, 1824 (bullnose eagle ray)
Myliobatis goodei Garman, 1885 (southern eagle ray)
Myliobatis hamlyni J. D. Ogilby, 1911 (purple eagle ray)
Myliobatis longirostris Applegate & Fitch, 1964 (snouted eagle ray)
Myliobatis peruvianus Garman, 1913 (Peruvian eagle ray)
Myliobatis ridens Ruocco, Lucifora, Díaz de Astarloa, Mabragaña & Delpiani, 2012 (shortnose eagle ray)^[3]
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus Hector, 1877 (New Zealand eagle ray)
Myliobatis tobijei Bleeker, 1854 (Japanese eagle ray)

An extinct species Myliobatis dixoni Agassiz, 1843, is known from Tertiary deposits along the Atlantic seaboards of the United States, Brazil, Nigeria, England, and Germany.^[4]