Aetomylaeus Explained

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 ^[1]	Panama and the Galapagos Islands
	Aetomylaeus bovinus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)	Bull ray	coasts of Europe and Africa.
	Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus W. T. White, Last & Baje, 2015	Blue-banded eagle ray^[2]	northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea
	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 (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
	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^[3]	Oman, United Arab Emirates

The recognized extinct species:^[4]

• Aetomylaeus cojimarensis Iturralde-Vinent, Mora, Rojas & Gutierriez, 1998
• Aetomylaeus cubensis Iturralde-Vinent, Mora, Rojas & Gutierriez, 1998

Notes and References

1. 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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.2.3 . 25283197 .
2. White, W.T. . Last, P.R. . Baje, L. . amp . 2015 . Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus, a new species of eagle ray (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from northern Australia and New Guinea . Ichthyological Research . 63 . 1 . 94–109 . 10.1007/s10228-015-0480-9 . 18638667 .
3. Jabado, R.W. . Ebert, D.A. . Al Dhaheri, S.S. . amp . 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 . 2 . Article 15. 10.1007/s12526-021-01234-4 . 2022MarBd..52...15J .
4. Web site: Extinct - valid species Species Shark-References. shark-references.com. 2019-04-29.