Pacific white-spotted eagle ray
| Aetobatus laticeps | |
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| In the Galápagos | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Myliobatidae |
| Genus: | Aetobatus |
| Species: | A. laticeps |
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Aetobatus laticeps (Gill, 1865) |
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The Pacific white-spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus laticeps) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the eagle ray family Myliobatidae. It is found in the tropical East Pacific Ocean, ranging from Baja California to northern Peru, including the Galápagos. Until 2014, it was included in the similar spotted eagle ray (A. narinari), but the two differ in genetics. Following the split, A. narinari is restricted to the Atlantic, while the Indo-Pacific is inhabited by the closely related A. ocellatus.
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