Pteromylaeus
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| Pteromylaeus | |
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| Pteromylaeus bovinus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Myliobatidae |
| Genus: | Pteromylaeus Garman, 1913 |
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- For other species that go under the name bull ray, see bull ray (disambiguation).
Pteromylaeus is a genus of eagle rays in the family Myliobatidae. They are commonly known as bull rays, a name that is also used specifically to refer to Pteromylaeus bovinus, as well as colloquially for a number of other large Australian rays such as Myliobatis australis and Dasyatis thetidis. Two species are known.
[edit] Species
- Pteromylaeus asperrimus (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) (Rough eagle ray) – east Pacific
- Pteromylaeus bovinus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Bull ray) – east Atlantic
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