Myliobatidae

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 21-22

Myliobatidae

(eagle rays)

Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823)

Whitespotted Eagle Ray

Myliobatus ocellatus Kuhl , in van Hasselt, 1823: 316 (Muara Angke fish landing site, Jakarta).

Aetobatus punctatus — Whitley 1940b: 224–225 (Port Darwin).

Myliobatis australis — Whitley 1940b: 222 ("a kind of Eagle Ray ... appears in aboriginal drawings at Groote Eylandt."); Paxton et al. 1989: 49 (NT).

Aetobatus narinari — Blaber et al. 1992: 6 (Groote Eylandt); Larson 1992: 8 (Bing Bong Creek); Last and Stevens 1994: 448–449 map and text; Ramm 1997: 12 (Timor and Arafura Seas); Larson and Williams 1997: 346 (Port Darwin); Larson 1997: 25 (Kakadu); Larson 1999b: 26 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 35 (Kakadu); Hoese et al. 2006: 206 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Aetobatus ocellatus — White et al. 2010: 158 (Northern Territory).

Aetomylaeus nichofii ( Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Banded Eagle Ray

Raja niehofii Bloch and Schneider, 1801: 364 (East Indies).

Aetomyleus nichofii — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 331 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 79 (Arafura Sea).

Aetomylaeus nichofii — Pender et al. 1992: 65 (western Gulf of Carpentaria); Ramm 1997: 12 (Timor and Arafura Seas); Last and Compagno 1999: 1517 (northern Australia).

Aetomylaeus niehofii — Hoese et al. 2006: 206 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

Aetomylaeus vespertilio (Bleeker, 1852)

Ornate Eagle Ray

Myliobatis vespertilio Bleeker, 1852a: 85 (Batavia) .

Aetomylaeus vespertilio — Last and Stevens 1994: 452 (Arafura Sea); Last and Compagno 1999: 1518 (northern Australia (Arafura Sea)); Hoese et al. 2006: 207 (NT; N coast, Arafura Sea).