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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Myliobatidae (Eagle and manta rays)
Etymology: Aetomylaeus: Greek, aetos = eagle + Greek, mylio = mill, grinder (Ref. 45335).

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Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 10 - 117 m (Ref. 103981). Tropical

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Western Pacific: northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - 43.4 cm
Max length : 59.1 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 103981); 59.2 cm WD (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

This small species of Aetomylaeus (reaching about 59.0 cm DW) is distinguisehd by the following set of characters: dorsal surface greenish to yellowish brown with a series of 7 transverse pale bluish bands which is sometimes faint; no dark spots or blotches; whitish ventral surface; usually the pectoral fins are not dusky distally; the tail is rather long (1.5-1.8 times DW); without stinging spine; head is short and narrow; fleshy rostral lobe, relatively broad, short, and with a rounded apex; teeth in 7 rows in each jaw, and with a broad median row flanked by 3 smaller rows on each side; dorsal-fin origin at level with pelvic-fin insertions; 84-88 pectoral-fin radials (excluding concealed propterygial radials anterior of eyes); 80- 86 total vertebral centra (including synarcual); 14 or 15 pelvic radials (excluding clasper) in males; 20 or 21 pelvic radials in females (Ref. 103981).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McEachran, John | Collaborators

White, W.T., P.R. Last and L. Baje, 2015. Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus, a new speices of eagle ray (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from northern Australia and New Guinea. Ichthyol. Res. 2015 (Ref. 103981)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 October 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus White, Last & Baje, 2015