WoRMS name details
Pteromylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
105861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105861)
unaccepted
Species
Aetomylaeus huletti Smith, 1953 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Myliobatis bovina Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1817). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1). Pls. 18-27. [details]
Description Found in coastal tropical and warm temperate waters, occasionally offshore. Feeds on bottom-living crustaceans and...
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pteromylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105861 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Myliobatis bovina Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Geoffroy St. Hilaire, E. (1817). Poissons du Nil, de la mer Rouge et de la Méditerranée. <em>In: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armée français, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté-L'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (Imprimerie Impériale). Paris. Histoire Naturelle.</em> v. 1 (part 1). Pls. 18-27. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bull ray | [details] |
| German | Entenschnabelrochen | [details] |
| Hebrew | טחן פר | [details] |
| Lithuanian | jautinė sparnuotoji raja | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ρυγχαετόψαρο | [details] |
| Polish | orleń afrykański | [details] |
| Russian | бычий крылатый орляк | [details] |
| Slovenian | kljunati morski golob | [details] |
| Spanish | pez obispo | [details] |
| Turkish | çiçunacicuna | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Скат бичачий | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Aetomylaeus huletti Smith, 1953)
To FishBase images (Pteromylaeus bovinus, Madeira Is., by Wirtz, P.)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To ITIS
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Aetomylaeus huletti Smith, 1953)
To FishBase images (Pteromylaeus bovinus, Madeira Is., by Wirtz, P.)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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