Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Aetomylaeus asperrimus
Águila áspera, águila cueruda,, Rough eagle ray, barred eagle ray
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Myliobatiformes
Family
Myliobatidae
Genus
Aetomylaeus
Species
asperrimus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Myliobatis asperrimus Gilbert, 1898, Pteromylaeus asperrimus (Gilbert, 1898) (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
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- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Aetomylaeus asperrimus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20166. Accessed 5 November 2026.