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Raja miraletus Linnaeus 1758
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Raja miraletus Linnaeus 1758 —Brown ray
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Raïa miraletus, Rond. by Gruvel (1931: 77–78); subsequently recorded as Raja miraletus Linnaeus 1758 by George et al. (1964: 10); as Raja miraletus Linnaeus by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Raja miraletus Linnaeus 1758 by Mouneimné (2002: 58–59); recently recorded as Raja miraletus by Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished record from Batroun (10 February 1999). Material in collection: AUBM.
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Morocco, including Madeira.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 5 September 2003); Med. (LC: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Medium priority for conservation action.
Notes
Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- LC
- Event date
- 2003-09-05
- Verbatim event date
- 2003-09-05/2016-03-25
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rajiformes
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Raja
- Species
- miraletus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020
References
- Gruvel, A. (1931) Les Etats de Syrie. Richesses marines et fluviales. Exploitation actuelle-Avenir. Societe d'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniale, 453 pp.
- George, C. J., Athanassiou, V. A. & Boulos, I. (1964) The fishes of the coastal waters of Lebanon. Miscellaneous Papers in the Natural Sciences. The American University of Beirut, 4, 1 - 24.
- Mouneimne, N. (1977) Liste des poissons de la cote du Liban (Mediterranee orientale). Cybium, 3 (1), 37 - 66.
- Mouneimne, N. (2002) Poissons marins du Liban et de la Mediterranee orientale. INCAM-EU / CNRS Lebanon, Beyrouth, 271 pp.
- Lteif, M. (2015) Biology, distribution and diversity of cartilaginous fish species along the Lebanese coast, eastern Mediterranean. Ecology, environment. Universite de Perpignan, English, 262 pp. [NNT: 2015 PERP 0026]