Distributions and Habitats: Myliobatidae

FAMILY Myliobatidae Bonaparte, 1835 - eagle rays

GENUS Aetomylaeus Garman, 1908 - eagle rays

Species Aetomylaeus asperrimus (Gilbert, in Jordan & Evermann, 1898) - rough eagle ray Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Panama and Galapagos Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817) - bull ray Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic and southwest Indian Ocean: Spain to Mozambique. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus White et al., 2015 - bluebanded eagle ray Distribution: Northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

Species Aetomylaeus maculatus (Gray, 1834) - mottled eagle ray Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Aetomylaeus milvus (Müller & Henle, 1841) - brown eagle ray Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: India east to Philippines, north to Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

Species Aetomylaeus nichofii (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - banded eagle ray Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Aetomylaeus vespertilio (Bleeker, 1852) - ornate eagle ray Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Myliobatis Cuvier, 1816 - eagle rays

Species Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) - spotted eagle ray Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal to South Africa, straying to southern North Sea; southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa and western Mascarenes. Habitat: marine.

Species Myliobatis australis Macleay, 1881 - Australian bull ray Distribution: Australia and New Zealand. Habitat: marine. Species Myliobatis californica Gill, 1865 - bat ray Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Myliobatis chilensis Philippi, 1892 - Chilean eagle ray Distribution: Southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Myliobatis freminvillii Lesueur, 1824 - bullnose ray Distribution: Western Atlantic, from Cape Cod to southern Brazil. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Myliobatis goodei Garman, 1885 - southern eagle ray Distribution: Worldwide in warm seas. Habitat: marine.

Species Myliobatis hamlyni Ogilby, 1911 - purple eagle ray Distribution: Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Myliobatis longirostris Applegate & Fitch, 1964 - snouted eagle ray Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Myliobatis peruvianus Garman, 1913 - Peruvian eagle ray Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Myliobatis ridens Ruocco et al., 2012 - shortnose eagle ray Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Argentina. Habitat: marine.

Species Myliobatis tenuicaudatus Hector, 1877 - New Zealand eagle ray Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Myliobatis tobijei Bleeker, 1854 - Japanese eagle ray Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.