Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 109

Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 183 cm WD

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 1-537 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: CR – Critically Endangered (A2bd / 2021) Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Madeira, Morocco and the Canary Islands north to the western coasts of Ireland and the British Isles and the southwestern North Sea, south to Natal, South Africa. Also, throughout the Mediterranean.