Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 24-25

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346671
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817)
status

Treatment

Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817) View in CoL —Bull ray

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Pteromylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809) View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 11); subsequently recorded as Pteromylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy St Hil.) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Pteromylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1817) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 64–65); as Pteromylaeus bovinus View in CoL by Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished records from Beirut (17 April 2000), Tripoli (28 October 2013), Adloun (3 April 2014) and Naqoura (13 June 2013). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Spain south to South Africa; southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa north to Mozambique.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 2 February 2006); Med. (CR: A2c, 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Significant decline in the last two decades.Medium priority for conservation action.