Aetomylaeus is a genus of eagle rays in the family Myliobatidae.
Species There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Aetomylaeus asperrimus (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) Rough eagle ray or Roughskin Bullray 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 northern Australia and southern Papua New GuineaAetomylaeus maculatus (J. E. Gray, 1834) Mottled eagle ray India to China and Indonesia. Aetomylaeus milvus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) Ocellate 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 Oman, United Arab Emirates
The recognized extinct species:
Aetomylaeus cojimarensis Iturralde-Vinent, Mora, Rojas & Gutierriez, 1998 (Miocene of Cuba) Aetomylaeus cubensis Iturralde-Vinent, Mora, Rojas & Gutierriez, 1998 (Miocene of Cuba) Aetomylaeus dixoni (Agassiz, 1843) (?early to late Eocene of England, France & Germany) Aetomylaeus meridionalis (Gervais, 1852) (Pliocene of France & Mallorca, Spain)
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