Common eagle ray

Common eagle ray
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Myliobatidae
Genus: Myliobatis
Species:
M. aquila
Binomial name
Myliobatis aquila
Synonyms
  • Leiobatus aquila (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Myliobatis cervus Smith, 1935
  • Myliobatis equila (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Myliobatis noctula Bonaparte, 1833
  • Myliobatus aquila (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Raia rhombus Larrañaga, 1923
  • Raja aquila Linnaeus, 1758

The common eagle ray or bullray (Myliobatis aquila) is a species of fish in the family Myliobatidae. It inhabits the eastern Atlantic Ocean (North Sea to South Africa), the Mediterranean Sea and the south-western Indian Ocean.