Sea fish.
Name - Origin
Αετός, σελάχι, διαβολόψαρο, κουκουβάγια.
It is a marine fish of the coarse fish species (Great Encyclopedia of Cyprus, vol. 1, entry αετόψαρο, 209).
Scientific name: There are two species, belonging to the family Myliobatidae:
(a) Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus), Eagle ray)
(b) Pteromylaeus bovinus, Bull ray) and a third species belonging to the family Mobulidae:
(c) Mobula mobular
(Great Cyprus Encyclopaedia, vol. 1, entry αετόψαρο, 209)
It is caught using coarse longlines, trawls and nets. It is consumed when boiled or fried (Great Encyclopedia of Cyprus, vol. 1, entry αετόψαρο, 210).
Additional information and bibliography
Pavlides A. (ed.) (1984), Great Encyclopedia of Cyprus, vol. 1, Filokypros, Nicosia.
Kyriaki Panteli, Argyro Xenophontos
Foods
Fishing and fish dishes
In recent years, in Cyprus, fish was served as follows: oftá (chargrilled), fried, hoglastá (boiled), savóro (marinated), plakí (in the oven) and yahní (in tomato sauce).