Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Myliobatis californica
Bat ray, tecolote, Bat eagle ray
Uniformly brown to dark olive dorsally, tan or whitish ventrally. Disc broadly flattened, head and eyes anterior to origin of pectoral fins; anterior-most portion of head and snout with a duck-billed appearance; an indenta. Width up to 1,8 m
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Myliobatiformes
Family
Myliobatidae
Genus
Myliobatis
Species
californica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Myliobatis californicus Gill, 1865, Rhinoptera encenadae Smith, 1886, Rhinoptera vespertilio Girard, 1856, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: West coast of North America, from Oregon to Gulf of California, Ecuador in Galapagos
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Myliobatis californica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7859. Accessed 27 April 2025.