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Aetobatus

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae

Taxonomy
Aetobatus was named by Blainville (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.

It was corrected as Aetobatis by Leriche (1926), Dartevelle and Casier (1943), Casier (1946); it was misspelled as Aetobatis by Leriche (1942), Jordan (1963), Casier (1966), Jonet (1968), Case (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Cappetta (1987), Iturralde-Vinent et al. (1998), Purdy et al. (2001), Sepkoski (2002), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Kent (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019), Villafaña et al. (2020), Ebersole et al. (2024), Maisch IV et al. (2025), Landau et al. (2025), De Pasqua et al. (2025), Popov et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Myliobatina by Jaekel (1894); to Myliobatiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Myliobatinae by Ebersole et al. (2019); to Myliobatidae by Woodward (1889), Gill (1894), Hay (1902), Andrews (1906), Leriche (1926), Leriche (1942), Dartevelle and Casier (1943), Casier (1946), Jordan (1963), Casier (1966), Jonet (1968), Case (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Cappetta (1987), Iturralde-Vinent et al. (1998), Purdy et al. (2001), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Kent (2018), Landau et al. (2025), De Pasqua et al. (2025), Popov et al. (2025); and to Aetobatidae by Jordan and Hanibal (1923), Villafaña et al. (2020), Ebersole et al. (2024), Maisch IV et al. (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Aetobatus Blainville
1846Aetobates Richardson
1850Stoasodon Cantor
1858Goniobatis Agassiz
1859Aetobates Owen p. 119
1889Aetobatis Woodward p. 127
1894Aetobatus Gill p. 111
1894Aetobatis Jaekel p. 63
1902Aetobatus Hay p. 321
1906Aetobatis Andrews p. 319
1923Aetobatus Jordan and Hanibal
1926Aetobatis Leriche p. 387
1942Aetobatis Leriche p. 26
1943Aetobatis Dartevelle and Casier p. 196
1946Aetobatis Casier p. 109
1946Stoasodon Rapp p. 511
1963Aetobatus Jordan p. 605
1963Goniobatis Jordan p. 605
1963Stoasodon Jordan p. 605
1966Aetobatis Casier p. 96
1968Aetobatus Jonet p. 254
1981Aetobatus Case p. 72
1981Aetiobatis Thurmond and Jones p. 76
1987Aetobatus Cappetta p. 170
1998Aetobatus Iturralde-Vinent et al. p. 142
2001Aetobatus Purdy et al. p. 94
2002Aetobatus Sepkoski
2007Aetobatus Cahuzac et al. p. 30
2017Aetobatus Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2018Aetobatus Kent p. 128
2019Aetobatus Ebersole et al. p. 123
2020Aetobatus Villafaña et al.
2024Aetobatus Ebersole et al. p. 11
2025Aetobatus De Pasqua et al. p. 535
2025Aetobatus Landau et al. p. 36
2025Aetobatus Maisch IV et al. p. 53
2025Aetobatus Popov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyAetobatidaeAgassiz 1861
genusAetobatusBlainville 1816

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Aetobatus Blainville 1816
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†Aetobatis arcuatus Agassiz 1843
†Aetobatis marginalis Dixon 1850
†Aetobatis profundus Cope 1867
†Aetobatis subarcuatus Agassiz 1843
†Aetobatis sulcatus Agassiz 1835
†Aetobatus aragonis Jordan and Hanibal 1923
†Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843
†Aetobatus cappettai Antunes and Balbino 2006
†Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Aetobatis perspicuus Leidy 1855 [synonym]
†Aetobatus narinari Euphrasen 1790 [spotted eagle ray]
†Aetobatus omaliusi Delfortrie 1872
†Aetobatus omaliusi curtidens Delfortrie 1872
†Aetobatus poeyi Fernandez de Castro 1871
Invalid names: Aetobates Richardson 1846 [synonym], Goniobatis Agassiz 1858 [synonym], Stoasodon Cantor 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available