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Rajidae Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) —Longnosed skate Recorded from Madeira by Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. (1984: 177-178) under the name Raja (Dipturus) oxyrinchus, on the basis of Lowe's (1839: 20) reference to Raia oxyrhynchus. Considered “rare” by Maul (1949). Leucoraj...
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| Summary: | Rajidae Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) —Longnosed skate Recorded from Madeira by Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. (1984: 177-178) under the name Raja (Dipturus) oxyrinchus, on the basis of Lowe's (1839: 20) reference to Raia oxyrhynchus. Considered “rare” by Maul (1949). Leucoraja fullonica (Linnaeus, 1758) —Shagreen ray Recorded from Madeira by Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. (1984: 179-180), and Stehmann in Quéro et al. (1990: 35), under the name Raja (Leucoraja) fullonica. Listed by Maul (1949). * Raja brachyura (Lafont, 1873) —Blonde ray Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 —Thornback ray Raja clavata is quite similar to the closely related and common Raja maderensis Lowe, 1838; therefore, records of R. clavata from Madeira (including that of Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al., 1984: 185) may actually be based on R. maderensis and need confirmation. The alternative possibility, suggested by the genetic analysis of Chevolot et al. (2006) on Azorean animals (which very much resemble ... : Published as part of Wirtz, Peter, Fricke, Ronald & Biscoito, Manuel José, 2008, The coastal fishes of Madeira Island — new records and an annotated check-list, pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 1715 on pages 4-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274128 ... |
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