Citizen science sheds light on the cryptic ornate eagle ray Aetomylaeus vespertilio

• Main Authors: Gonzalo Araujo, Christine Legaspi, Kinsey Matthews, Alessandro Ponzo, Andrew Chin, Bernardette Mabel Manjaji Matsumoto
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/26274/1/Citizen%20science%20sheds%20light%20on%20the%20cryptic%20ornate%20eagle%20ray%20Aetomylaeus%20vespertilio.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/26274/; https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3457

1. The ornate eagle ray Aetomylaeus vespertilio (Bleeker, 1852) is a rare and Endangered species of eagle ray, with a patchy distribution across the Indo‐West Pacific region, for which data are scarce. 2. Citizen science‐sourced data from online social media platforms were used to shed light on the...