family Myliobatidae

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Related to family Myliobatidae: Aetobatus

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family Myliobatidae - eagle rays

fish family - any of various families of fish

Batoidei, order Batoidei, order Rajiformes, Rajiformes - fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes

eagle ray - powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays

Aetobatus, genus Aetobatus - a genus of Myliobatidae

genus Rhinoptera, Rhinoptera - a genus of Myliobatidae

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A revised generic arrangement for the eagle ray family Myliobatidae, with definitions for the valid genera.

Exploitation and reproduction of the bullnose ray (Myliobatis freminvillei) caught in an artisanal fishery in La Pared, Margarita Island, Venezuela

1 1.28 3 Phylum Chordata Class Chonrichthyes Family Myliobatidae Rhinoptera bonasus 7 8.97 8 Class Osteichthyes Family Clupeidae Opisthonema oglinum 1 1.28 3 Brevoortia tyrannus 1 1.28 1 UnID Clupeidae 2 2.56 2 Family Batrachoididae Opsanus tau 1 1.28 1 Family Ophidiidae Ophidion marginatum 1 1.28 1 Ophidion sp.

Stomach content analysis of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, from lower Chesapeake Bay *