First substantiated record of Raja asterias Delaroche, 1809 (Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes: Rajidae) in the Gulf of Cádiz, North-eastern Atlantic

• Published in: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
• Main Authors: Ordines, F. (Francesc), Baro, J. (Jorge), Ramírez-Amaro, S. (Sergio), Serena, F. (Fabrizio), Sobrino, I. (Ignacio)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares 2017
• Subjects: Mediterranean starry ray; Atlantic record; morphological description; molecular evidences; Nordeste; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/10881; https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02161

The Mediterranean starry ray, Raja asterias, considered endemic in the Mediterranean, has recently been reported by other authors from Atlantic fisheries in southern Portugal and northern Morocco. There has been, however, no substantiated record of the species outside the Mediterranean. This fact an...