Aetomylaeus

Aetomylaeus bovinus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea
Superordo: Batomorphii
Ordo: Myliobatiformes
Subordo: Myliobatoidei
Superfamilia: Dasyatoidea
Familia: Aetobatidae
Genus: Aetomylaeus
Species: A. asperrimus – A. bovinus – A. caeruleofasciatus – A. maculatus – A. milvus – A. nieuhofii – A. vespertilio

Name

Aetomylaeus Garman, 1908

• Type species: Myliobatus maculatus Gray, 1834

Etymology: combination of Aetobatus and Myliobatis, referring to similarity of body and fins between the two genera. (From The ETYFish Project).

Synonyms

• Pteromylaeus Garman, 1913

References

• Garman, S. 1908. New Plagiostomia and Chismopnea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 51(9): 249–256. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Aetomylaeus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Aetomylaeus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.