Myliobatis
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Myliobatis is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of eagle rays in the family Myliobatidae.

Species

  • Genus Myliobatis
    • Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common eagle ray)
    • Myliobatis australis Macleay
      William John Macleay
      Sir William John Macleay . was an Australian politician, zoologist and naturalist.-Early life:Macleay was born at Wick, Caithness, Scotland, second son of Kenneth Macleay of Keiss and his wife Barbara, née Horne...

      , 1881
      (Australian bull ray)
    • Myliobatis californica Gill
      Theodore Gill
      Theodore Nicholas Gill was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J...

      , 1865
      (Bat eagle ray)
    • Myliobatis chilensis Philippi {Krumweide}
      Rodolfo Amando Philippi
      Rodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....

      , 1893
      (Chilean eagle ray)
    • Myliobatis freminvillii Lesueur
      Charles Alexandre Lesueur
      Charles Alexandre Lesueur was a French naturalist, artist and explorer.Pictured here is the oil portrait by Charles Willson Peale of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur...

      , 1824
      (Bullnose eagle ray)
    • Myliobatis goodei Garman, 1885 (Southern eagle ray)
    • Myliobatis hamlyni J. D. Ogilby
      James Douglas Ogilby
      James Douglas Ogilby was an Australian ichthyologist.Ogilby was born in Belfast, Ireland, and was the son of zoologist William Ogilby. He received his education at Winchester College, England, and Trinity College, Dublin.Ogilby worked for the British Museum before joining the Australian Museum in...

      , 1911
      (Purple eagle ray)
    • Myliobatis longirostris Applegate & Fitch, 1964 (Snouted eagle ray)
    • Myliobatis peruvianus Garman, 1913 (Peruvian eagle ray)
    • Myliobatis tenuicaudatus Hector
      James Hector
      Sir James Hector was a Scottish geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a surgeon and geologist...

      , 1877
      (New Zealand eagle ray)
    • Myliobatis tobijei Bleeker
      Pieter Bleeker
      Pieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....

      , 1854
      (Japanese eagle ray)
    • Extinct Myliobatis dixoni of the Cretaceous
      Cretaceous
      The Cretaceous , derived from the Latin "creta" , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide , is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ago. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the...

       of Morocco
      Morocco
      Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

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