WoRMS taxon details
Pteromylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
AphiaID: 105861
AphiaID: 105861
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Myliobatinae (Subfamily) > Pteromylaeus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Pteromylaeus Garman, 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Aetomylaeus huletti Smith, 1953 Aetomylus huletti Smith, 1953 Myliobates episcopus Valenciennes, 1844 Myliobatis bonaparti Duméril, 1865 Myliobatis bovina Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Mozambique [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Pseudocharopinus pteromylaei Raibaut & Essafi, 1979 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Eudactylina complexa Brian, 1924 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found in coastal tropical and warm temperate waters, occasionally offshore. Feeds on bottom-living crustaceans and molluscs. Ovoviviparous, gestation about 6 months with 4-6 young produced. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pteromylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105861 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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