Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Note: Genetic analyses on mitochondrial and nuclear markers from this and other investigations indicate that Aetobatus narinari is present in the western Atlantic, while for the Pacific the lineage of Aetobatus laticeps is determined (Sales, et al. 2019). Syn.: Aetobatis laticeps Gill, 1865 (misspelling) fide Horton et al, 2021.

Origin: Native

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