Myliobatis
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Myliobatis is a genus
of eagle rays in the family Myliobatidae.
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 MacleayWilliam John MacleaySir 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 GillTheodore GillTheodore 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 PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
, 1893 (Chilean eagle ray) - Myliobatis freminvillii LesueurCharles Alexandre LesueurCharles 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. OgilbyJames Douglas OgilbyJames 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 HectorJames HectorSir 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 BleekerPieter BleekerPieter 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 CretaceousCretaceousThe 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...
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