Flying stingrays [1] ( lat. Aetomylaeus ) is a genus of cartilaginous fish of the order of the caudate - shaped superorder of stingrays .
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Aetomylaeus Garman , 1908 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The genus name comes from the merger of the names of the two genera of the bracken stingrays Aetobatus and Myliobatis [2] .
Reproduction occurs by egg-laying . The pectoral fins of these slopes have the shape of “wings” and grow together with the head, forming a diamond-shaped disk. The characteristic shape of a flat snout formed by the fused front edges of the pectoral fins resembles a duck nose [3] . A thin tail is much longer than the disk. On the tail of some species there are several poisonous spines. Behind the eyes are splashers . On the ventral side of the disc are the nostrils, mouth and 5 pairs of gill slits . The maximum width of the disk reaches 240 cm.
Classification
The genus currently includes 5 species:
- Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus WT White , Last & Baje , 2015
- Aetomylaeus maculatus (JE Gray, 1834) - Spotted flying ramp
- Aetomylaeus milvus ( JP Müller & Henle , 1841)
- Aetomylaeus nichofii ( Bloch & JG Schneider , 1801) - Striped flying ramp
- Aetomylaeus vespertilio Bleeker , 1852
Notes
- ↑ Reshetnikov Yu.S. , Kotlyar A.N. , Russ T.S. , Shatunovsky M.I. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Fish. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1989 .-- P. 46 .-- 12,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00237-0 .
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Fish Name Etymology Database . The ETYFish Project . Date of treatment July 12, 2015.
- ↑ Animal life. Volume 4. Lancelet. Cyclostomes. Cartilaginous fish. Bone fish / ed. T. S. Rassa , ch. ed. V. E. Sokolov . - 2nd ed. - M .: Enlightenment, 1983. - S. 49. - 300,000 copies.
Literature
- Wheeler A. Sem. Stingray and sem. Brackets - Dasyatidae, Myliobatidae // Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe = Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe / Translated from English by T. I. Smolyanova edited by Cand. biol. Sciences V.P. Serebryakova. - M .: Light and food industry, 1983. - 432 p.