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Myliobatis aquila Common eagle ray

Myliobatis aquilais commonly referred to as Common eagle ray. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:
4703 
AphiaID:
105860 
Scientific:
Myliobatis aquila 
German:
Gewöhnlicher Adlerrochen 
English:
Common Eagle Ray 
Category:
Stingrays 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Myliobatiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Myliobatis (Genus) > aquila (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Straße von Gibralta, Ghana, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Angola, Azores, Cameroon, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Madagascar, Madeira, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Portugal, Réunion , São Tomé e Principé, Scandinavia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South-Africa, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Isle of Man, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, West Africa 
Size:
43.31" - 86.61" (110cm - 220cm) 
Temperature:
60.8 °F - 78.8 °F (16°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Flatfish, Invertebrates, Lobster, Mysis, Predatory, Rock lobster, Schrimps, Sea squirts, Sepia, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2012-10-09 13:56:30 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Myliobatis aquila has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Myliobatis aquila in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Myliobatis aquila. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

Info

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: Madeira, Morocco and the Canary Islands north to the western coasts of Ireland and British Isles and the southwestern North Sea, south to Natal, South Africa.
Also throughout the Mediterranean.

Biology:
Found in shallow lagoons, bays and estuaries; also offshore down to at least 95 m.
Often found in groups.
Feeds on benthic crustaceans, mollusks and fish.
Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449).
Gestation period of 6-8 months, the females give birth to 3-7 young.
Caught by shore and ski-boat anglers, usually released after capture.
Flesh is highly esteemed.
Sportfish:

Synonymised taxa:
Leiobatus aquila (Linnaeus, 1758)
Myliobatis cervus Smith, 1935
Myliobatis equila (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Myliobatis noctula Bonaparte, 1833
Myliobatus aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Raia rhombus Larrañaga, 1923
Raja aquila Linnaeus, 1758 We

Scientific paper

  1. Redescription ofMonocotyle myliobatis(Monogenea, Monocotylidae) from the type hostMyliobatis aquila(Elasmobranchii, Myliobatidae) off the Algerian coast, Fadila Tazerouti; Lassad Neifar; Louis Euzet, 2011
  2. Specimen of an Eagle Ray, Myliobatis aquila (L.), from Magilligan Bay, Co. Antrim, K. U. Vickers, 1959

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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