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Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Description

Long, flat, rounded snout like a duck's bill; head thick and pectoral disc with sharply curved, angular corners; upper or lower jaw; usually with 7 rows of flat teeth (Ref. 5578). Light brown with several pale blue-grey stripes (may be absent) dorsally, white ventrally (Ref. 5578).

Common Names

  • Bulrog , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Bulrog , Afrikaans , Namibia
  • Pylstert , Afrikaans , Namibia
  • Bon Jesús , Catalan , Spain
  • Falcone , Corsican , France
  • Cukan , Croatian , Croatia
  • Golub ćukan , Croatian , Croatia
  • Golub cukan , Croatian , Croatia
  • Maran býčí , Czech , Czechia
  • Rejnok kačení , Czech , Czechia
  • Afrikansk ørnerokke , Danish , Denmark
  • Vleermuisadelaarsrog , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Bull ray , English , UK
  • Bull ray , English , Malta
  • Bullray , English , South Africa
  • Duckbill , English , USA
  • Duckbill ray , English , South Africa
  • Eagle ray , English , Namibia
  • Harilik sõnnrai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Juovakotkarausku , Finnish , Finland
  • Gangan , Fon GBE , Benin
  • Aigle vachette , French , Global
  • Aigle-vachette , French , Mauritania
  • Aigle-vachette , French , France
  • Mourine , French , France
  • Mourine , French , Mauritania
  • Mourine évêque , French , France
  • Mourine évêque bovine , French , France
  • Mourine vachette , French , France
  • Raie aigle , French , Mauritania
  • Afrikanischer adlerrochen , German , Germany
  • Afrikanischer gefleckter adlerrochen , German , Germany
  • Entenschnabelrochen , German , Germany
  • Gestreifter Adlerrochen , German , Germany
  • Rynchaetopsaro , Greek , Greece
  • Αετός , Greek , Greece
  • Ρυγχαετόψαρο , Greek , Greece
  • Χελιδόνα , Greek , Greece
  • Χελιδόνι , Greek , Greece
  • Bugghiu , Italian , Italy
  • Colombo , Italian , Italy
  • Colombo di mare , Italian , Italy
  • Ferraccia , Italian , Italy
  • Matan , Italian , Italy
  • Muggiu , Italian , Italy
  • Nottola , Italian , Italy
  • Orineglia , Italian , Italy
  • Oxella , Italian , Italy
  • Patesse , Italian , Italy
  • Stramasso , Italian , Italy
  • Tattarita , Italian , Italy
  • Tistuni , Italian , Italy
  • Vaccarella , Italian , Italy
  • Vaccariella , Italian , Italy
  • Vacche , Italian , Italy
  • Vascarella , Italian , Malta
  • Vescovo , Italian , Italy
  • Ghasfur , Maltese , Malta
  • Hamiema , Maltese , Malta
  • Hamiema rasha twila , Maltese , Malta
  • Tajra , Maltese , Malta
  • 横纹前鳍鲼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 橫紋前鰭鱝 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 非洲鱝 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 非洲鲼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Tchissibissi , Not specified , Congo
  • Bispo , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Bispo , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Papa , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Peixe-bispo , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Ratao bovino , Portuguese , Mozambique
  • Ratão-bispo , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Arzobispo , Spanish , Spain
  • Bon Jesús , Spanish , Spain
  • Chucho , Spanish , Spain
  • Chucho vaca , Spanish , Spain
  • Milá , Spanish , Spain
  • Obispo , Spanish , Spain
  • Peje obispo , Spanish , Canary Is.
  • Pez obispo , Spanish , Spain
  • Pez obispo , Spanish , Mauritania
  • Ratón , Spanish , Canary Is.
  • Korocka , Swedish , Sweden
  • Folya , Turkish , Turkey
  • Folya balığı , Turkish , Turkey
  • Fulya balığı , Turkish , Turkey
  • Ndiaouatt , Wolof , Senegal
  • Ndiaouratt , Wolof , Mauritania
  • Soukel , Wolof , Senegal

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Myliobatiformes

    Family: Myliobatidae

    Genus: Aetomylaeus

    Species: Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: Portugal and Morocco to Angola, including the Mediterranean, Madeira and the Canary Islands; then from Saldanha Bay to Natal (South Africa) and southern Mozambique (Ref. 5578).

    • Biology

    Found in coastal tropical and warm temperate waters, occasionally offshore. Sometimes found in small groups (Ref. 5578). Feed on bottom-living crustaceans and mollusks. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449), aplacental (Ref. 57025). Prized angling fish, often released (Ref. 5578). Flesh highly esteemed (Ref. 3965).

    Habitat

    brackish