Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Myliobatiformes > Family Myliobatidae > Genus Myliobatis

Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myliobatis*	Cuvier, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Raja aquila*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: shqiponja e detit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Breton: rea bri sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Catalan: milana comuna sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Danish: Ørnerokke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: adelaarsrog

English: common eagle ray; eagle ray sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: aigle de mer; mourine; raie aigle sources: Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Galician: chucho sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: gewöhnlicher Adlerrochen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Αετόψαρο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: טחן עיטי sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: aquila di mare sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Lithuanian: paprastoji erelinė raja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: ørneskate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: ørneskate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: orleń pospolity; skrzydlak pospolity sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: орляк sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: morski golob sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: águila marina; gallarón sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Swedish: örnrocka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: cicuna; çiçuna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Звичайний орляк; Скат-орляк звичайний sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morgath adeiniog

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Myliobatis aquila, by Murch, A.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105860