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Aetomylaeus vespertilio (Bleeker, 1852)

Ornate eagle ray
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Australia country information

Common names: Ornate eagle ray
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs off Northern Territory, in the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9862).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

sub class Elasmobranchii (ฉลามและกระเบน) (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Myliobatidae (Eagle and manta rays)
Etymology: Aetomylaeus: Greek, aetos = eagle + Greek, mylio = mill, grinder (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range นิเวศวิทยา

เกี่ยวกับทะเล,น้ำเค็ม กลุ่มสัตว์หน้าดิน,กลุ่มสัตว์พื้นท้องน้ำ; ระดับความลึก 1 - 110 m (Ref. 9862).   Tropical; 28°N - 24°S, 32°E - 155°E

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Indo-West Pacific: scattered localities, from southern Mozambique to the western Pacific.

Length at first maturity / ขนาด / น้ำหนัก / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 170 - ? cm
Max length : 240 cm WD เพศผู้/กระเทย; (Ref. 58048)

ชีววิทยา     ภาคผนวก (เช่น epibenthic)

Found in muddy bays and banks and on coral reefs from close inshore to 110 m depth (Ref. 9862). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Caught in bottom trawls, gillnets, seines, and fish traps (Ref. 9862, Ref.58048). Utilized for its meat and cartilage (possibly used as "filler" in shark fin soups as with other large eagle rays) (Ref.58048).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | การสืบพันธุ์ | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | ตัวอ่อน

Exhibit ovoviparity (aplacental viviparity), with embryos feeding initially on yolk, then receiving additional nourishment from the mother by indirect absorption of uterine fluid enriched with mucus, fat or protein through specialised structures (Ref. 50449).

Main reference Upload your references | อ้างอิง | ผู้ประสานงาน : McEachran, John | ผู้ร่วมมือ

Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994. Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. (Ref. 6871)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Endangered (EN) (A2d); Date assessed: 16 May 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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