Article
Phylogeography and population genetics of the white spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus laticeps Gill, 1865, in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2026
Vinueza Guarderas Mateo, Torres María de Lourdes, Pozo Andrade María José, Cevallos Adriana, Tovar-Ávila Javier, Maguiño Rossana, Biffi Daniella, González Carmen, Hernández Sebastián, Pazmiño Diana A
Abstract excerpt
The Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) Spotted Eagle Ray, Aetobatus laticeps Gill, 1865, is an understudied species with limited information on its ecology and conservation status. Only in the last 10 years has this lineage been re-described as a distinct species from the formerly widespread Aetobatus narinari species complex (Euphrasen, 1790) (ANSC). The sampling in the studies that divided the ANSC was not...
Topics
- Animals
- Skates, Fish
- Phylogeography
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Phylogeny
- Pacific Ocean