MYLIOBATIDAE

Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, Journal of Natural History 37 (18), pp. 2213-2267 : 2228

MYLIOBATIDAE

At least four species occur off the coast of tropical West Africa (McEachran and Séret in Quéro et al., 1990: 67–70), one of which was definitely recorded from Ghana by Irvine, who thought that two others might also occur. Irvine listed his specimen of the Bull ray, Pteromylaeus bovinus , as Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) but noted that the former species had been recorded from Senegal and probably occurred on the coast of Ghana. He further suggested [correctly] that it was possible that the spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) , would also be found.