miraletus, Raja Linnaeus [C.] 1758:231 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea [original: "in mari Mediterraneo"]; localities include Provence and Marseille, France; Venice, Italy. No types known. Lectotype or neotype fixation needed. Originally based on multiple species and at least 20 pre-Linnaean sources including Artedi 1738:72 [ref. 30578] and Artedi 1738:101 [ref. 30349] as Raja dorso ventreque glabris; Rondelet 1554:349 [ref. 30354] as Raja oculata & laeui, Gesner 1558:933 [ref. 30350] as Raia ocvlata et laevi, Salviani 1558:150 [ref. 30229] as Raia stellaris, Jonston 1649:Pl. 9 (fig. 4) [ref. 30579] as Raia oculata et leuis, Charleton 1668:130 [ref. 30580] as Raia oculata, Ray 1713:27 [ref. 30231] as Raia oculata levis. Misspelled miralaletus by Cabrera y Corro, Pérez & Hänseler 1817:12 [ref. 17319], see Graells 1887:186 [ref. 30438]. •Valid as Raja miraletus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:14 [ref. 39336] with genus as Raia, Hulley 1969:138 [ref. 39090], Stehmann 1973:58 [ref. 7168], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:187 [ref. 13675], Hulley 1986:123 [ref. 5672], Stehmann 1990:40 [ref. 19316], Compagno et al. 1991:102 [ref. 21083], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:94 [ref. 25472], Stehmann 1995:106 [ref. 22055], Capapé et al. 1999:52 [ref. 25276], Compagno 1999:492 [ref. 25589], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:23 [ref. 26753], Falcón et al. 2003:144 [ref. 39343], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:81 [ref. 28072], Golani 2005:13 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:19 [ref. 29533], Compagno & Ebert 2007:139 [ref. 30471], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:14 [ref. 36649], Naylor et al. 2012:96 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Weigmann 2016:119 [ref. 34211], McEachran & Séret 2016:1392 [ref. 34551], Last & Séret 2016:488 [ref. 34640], Last et al. 2016:23 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:324 [ref. 35000], Biscoito et al. 2018:486 [ref. 37562], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:144 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:47 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:44 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:26 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37519], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Arroyo Martínez 2021:80 [ref. 38962], Giovos et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38895], Golani 2021:11 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:16 [ref. 39014], Tutman et al. 2021:143 [ref. 39168], Bañón & Mano 2022:14 [ref. 40121], Barone et al. 2022:51 [ref. 39527], Fermon et al. 2022:104 [ref. 39448], Balàka et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40410], Shakman et al. 2023:464 [ref. 40810], Artüz & Fricke 2024:537 [ref. 41509]). Current status: Valid as Raja miraletus Linnaeus 1758. Rajidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Guinea, including Madeira, Cape Verde Islands and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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