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Myliobatidae
Bonaparte, 1835
- eagle rays
(fish)
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Myliobatiformes (Order) - stingrays
..Aetobatidae (Family) - pelagic eagle rays
..†Asterotrygon (Genus)
..Dasyatidae (Family) - whiptail stingrays
..Gymnuridae (Family) - butterfly rays
..Hexatrygonidae (Family) - sixgill stingrays
..Mobulidae (Family) - mantas
..Plesiobatidae (Family) - deepwater stingrays
..Potamotrygonidae (Family) - neotropical stingrays
..Rhinopteridae (Family) - cownose rays
..†Rhombodontidae (Family)
..Urolophidae (Family) - round stingrays
..Urotrygonidae (Family) - American round stingrays
..Zanobatidae (Family) - panrays
..Myliobatidae (Family) - eagle rays
....Aetomylaeus (Genus)
....†Brachyrhizodus (Genus)
....†Hypolophites (Genus)
....Myliobatis (Genus)
Attributes
Imperfect name (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICZN]
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
93
(1)
: 171.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Myliobatinae
(Subfamily)
Type
:
Myliobatis
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1816
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025; 11 Oct 2012.
[inferred]
Variants
Former rank
:
Myliobatinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
R. van der Laan, 2018
: 45.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Including
:
Aëtobatidae
(Family)
Ref:
D.S. Jordan, 1923
: 105.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
vleermuisroggen
:
adelaarsroggen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
eagle rays
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 93; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025