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Species in the genus Rostroraja: [ 17 ] records

ackleyi, Raja Garman [S.] 1881:234 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 8 (no. 11); ref. 14294] Yucatán Banks, Mexico. Holotype (unique): MCZ 748-S. Type catalog: Hartel & Dingerkus 1997:xlvi [ref. 23119]. •Valid in an unnamed new genus -- (Compagno 1999:493 [ref. 25589], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:559 [ref. 26985], Nelson et al. 2004:55 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Raja ackleyi Garman 1881 -- (Stehmann 1971:11 [ref. 7474], Robins & Ray 1986:37 [ref. 23100], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:35 [ref. 22793], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:165 [ref. 23897], Page et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:118 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:116 [ref. 34211] see remarks). •Valid as Rostroraja ackleyi (Garman 1881) -- (Last et al. 2016:24 [ref. 34941] with question, Last et al. 2016:351 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Jones et al. 2020:292 [ref. 37610], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 5 [ref. 38986], Page et al. 2023:45 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Rostroraja ackleyi (Garman 1881). Rajidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) to Cuba, including eastern Gulf of Mexico off Florida (U.S.A.), and northwestern Caribbean Sea off Quintana Roo (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

alba, Raja Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:661, 663, Pl. 20 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] France, La Manche/English Channel, northeastern Atlantic. No types at MNHN. Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1987:30 [ref. 9312]. •Valid as Raja alba Lacepède 1803 -- (Stehmann 1973:66 [ref. 7168], Stehmann 1976:158 [ref. 7085], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:193 [ref. 13675], Hulley 1986:119 [ref. 5672], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326], Stehmann 1990:47 [ref. 19316], Compagno et al. 1991:107 [ref. 21083], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:92 [ref. 25472], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:92 [ref. 25472], Stehmann 1995:104 [ref. 22055]). •Valid as Rostroraja alba (Lacepède 1803) -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:285 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:492 [ref. 25589], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:24 [ref. 26753], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:81 [ref. 28072], Nair 2006:115 [ref. 29900], Fricke et al. 2007:19 [ref. 29533], Compagno & Ebert 2007:141 [ref. 30471], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:14 [ref. 36649], Weigmann 2016:123 [ref. 34211], McEachran & Séret 2016:1403 [ref. 34551], Gordon et al. 2016:271 [ref. 34661], Last et al. 2016:24 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:352 [ref. 35000], Biscoito et al. 2018:480 [ref. 37562], Fricke et al. 2018:25 [ref. 35805], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:137 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:48 [ref. 37250], Kovačić et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37519], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Ebert et al. 2021:87 [ref. 38234], Giovos et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38895], Marongu et al. 2021:138 [ref. 38786], Kovačić et al. 2021:16 [ref. 39014], Aschliman & Ebert 2022:590 [ref. 39668], Bañón & Mano 2022:15 [ref. 40121], Barone et al. 2022:47 [ref. 39527], Fermon et al. 2022:105 [ref. 39448], Balàka et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40410], Shakman et al. 2023:464 [ref. 40810], Leeney 2024:83 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Rostroraja alba (Lacepède 1803). Rajidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa); western Indian Ocean: South Africa, Madagascar and Seychelles east to India. Habitat: marine.

alia, Raja Garman [S.] 1899:25 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Northern Gulf of Mexico. No types known. Based on Goode & Bean 1896, Pl. VII, fig. 23. •Questionably valid as Rajella alia (Garman 1899) -- (Compagno 1999:492 [ref. 25589], Last & Stehmann 2008:135 [ref. 29652]). •Uncertain as Raja alia Garman 1899 -- (Weigmann 2016:117 [ref. 34211] see remarks). •Synonym of Rostroraja ackleyi (Garman 1881) -- (Last et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34941] with question). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Synonym of Rostroraja ackleyi (Garman 1881). Rajidae. Habitat: marine.

americana, Raia DeKay [J. E.] 1842:368, Pl. 66 (fig. 215) [Zoology of New-York; ref. 1098] Staten Island, New York, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Amblyraja radiata (Donovan 1808) -- (Dyldin 2015:69 [ref. 34524]). •Synonym of Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc 1800) -- (Jones et al. 2020:292 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc 1800). Rajidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bahamensis, Raja Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1965:447, Pls. 1-2 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 132 (no. 5); ref. 9200] About 5 miles off northwestern part of Little Bahama Bank, 27°23'N, 78°26'W, depth 212-225 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 198034. Paratypes: MCZ 41957-59 (1, 1, 1). •Valid as Raja bahamensis Bigelow & Schroeder 1965 -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:560 [ref. 26985], Weigmann 2016:118 [ref. 34211]). •Valid in an unnamed new genus -- (Compagno 1999:493 [ref. 25589]). •Valid as Rostroraja bahamensis (Bigelow & Schroeder 1965) -- (Last et al. 2016:24 [ref. 34941] with question, Last et al. 2016:353 [ref. 35000], Page et al. 2023:45 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Rostroraja bahamensis (Bigelow & Schroeder 1965). Rajidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas and southern Florida (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

bicolor, Raia Risso [A.] 1827:155 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1987:31 [ref. 9312]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Raja bicolor Shaw 1804. •Synonym of Raja alba Lacepède 1803 -- (Stehmann 1973:66 [ref. 7168], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:193 [ref. 13675]). •Synonym of Rostroraja alba (Lacepède 1803). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Rostroraja alba (Lacepède 1803). Rajidae. Habitat: marine.

bramante, Laeviraja Sassi [A.] 1846:132 [Descrizione di Genova del Genovesato; ref. 18659] Genoa, Italy, Gulf of Genoa, Ligurian Sea, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: MSNG 42624 (mounted). Type catalog: Tortonese 1961:181 [ref. 10343]. Also appeared with description in Sassi 1846:387 [ref. 22007]. •Synonym of Raja alba Lacepède 1803 -- (Stehmann 1973:66 [ref. 7168]). •Synonym of Rostroraja alba (Lacepède 1803). Current status: Synonym of Rostroraja alba (Lacepède 1803). Rajidae. Habitat: marine.

cervigoni, Raja Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1964:1, Fig. [Breviora No. 209; ref. 1255] 10 miles northeast of Carúpano, northern Venezuela, depth 20-30 fathoms. Holotype: MOBR-EDIMAY-P-3402 [ex MNNLS 873]. Paratypes: (3) MCZ 40391 (1), 42989 (1). Type catalog: Lasso et al. 1999:108 [ref. 33859]. •Valid in an unnamed new genus -- (Compagno 1999:493 [ref. 25589]). •Valid as Raja cervigoni Bigelow & Schroeder 1964 -- (Cervigón 1992:206 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:169 [ref. 24490], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:560 [ref. 26985], Weigmann 2016:118 [ref. 34211]). •Valid as Rostroraja cervigoni (Bigelow & Schroeder 1964) -- (Last et al. 2016:24 [ref. 34941] with question, Last et al. 2016:354 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36861]). Current status: Valid as Rostroraja cervigoni (Bigelow & Schroeder 1964). Rajidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Venezuela to Suriname (including southern Caribbean Sea). Habitat: marine.

chantenay, Raia Lesueur [C. A.] 1824:106, Pl. 5 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 4 (pt 1); ref. 17520] North America. No types known. •Synonym of Raja eglanteria Bosc 1800. •Synonym of Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc 1800) with question. Current status: Synonym of Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc 1800). Rajidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

desmarestia, Raia Lesueur [C. A.] 1824:100, Pl. 4 (figs. 1-2) [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 4 (pt 1); ref. 17520] Florida, U.S.A. Syntypes: (2) MNHN A-8697 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:83 [ref. 20739], Séret & McEachran 1987:14 [ref. 9312]. •Synonym of Raja eglanteria Bosc 1800. •Synonym of Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc 1800) -- (Jones et al. 2020:292 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc 1800). Rajidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

diaphanes, Raja Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:478 [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Synonym of Raja ocellatra Mitchill 1815 -- (Scott & Scott 1988:47 [ref. 25518]). •Synonym of Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc 1800) -- (Jones et al. 2020:292 [ref. 37610]). Current status: Synonym of Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc 1800). Rajidae. Habitat: marine.

eglanteria, Raja Bosc [L. A. G.] in Lacepède 1800:104, 109, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Charleston Bay, South Carolina, U.S.A. Based on 'Raja dentibus obtusis, corpore rhombeo ...' in manuscript by Bosc. Also appeared in Sonnini 1802:73, 282 [ref. 30461]. Authorship could be interpreted as Lacepède. •Valid in an unnamed new genus -- (Compagno 1999:493 [ref. 25589]). •Valid as Raja eglanteria Bosc 1800 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:38 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:26 [ref. 23239], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:37 [ref. 22793], Murdy et al. 1997:39 [ref. 23144], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:166 [ref. 23897], McEachran in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:74 [ref. 26158], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:542 [ref. 26985], Nelson et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:118 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:118 [ref. 34211]). •Valid as Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc 1800) -- (Last et al. 2016:24 [ref. 34941] with question, Last et al. 2016:355 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Jones et al. 2020:292 [ref. 37610], Page et al. 2023:45 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Rostroraja eglanteria (Bosc 1800). Rajidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to southern Florida (U.S.A.), including northern and eastern Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: brackish, marine.

equatorialis, Raja Jordan [D. S.] & Bollman [C. H.] 1890:150 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 12 (no. 770); ref. 2433] Off Pacific coast of Colombia, 8°06'30"N, 78°51'W, Albatross station 2797, depth 33 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 41132. •Valid in an unnamed new genus -- (Compagno 1999:493 [ref. 25589]). •Valid as Raja equatorialis Jordan & Bollman 1890 -- (Bussing & López S. 1994:30 [ref. 23101], McEachran in Fischer et al. 1995:777 [ref. 22829], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:37 [ref. 22793], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], De la Cruz-Agüero & Cota-Gómez 1998:356 [ref. 23520], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:84 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:63 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:12 [ref. 37547], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:120 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:119 [ref. 34211], Bessudo et al. 2021:[3] 1771 [ref. 39107]). •Valid as Rostroraja equatorialis (Jordan & Bollman 1890) -- (Last et al. 2016:24 [ref. 34941] with question, Last et al. 2016:356 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:246 [ref. 37881], González-Acosta et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:45 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:66 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Rostroraja equatorialis (Jordan & Bollman 1890). Rajidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Malpelo Island (Colombia). Habitat: marine.

marginata, Raja Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:662, 663, Pl. 20 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Dieppe, France; Liverpool and Brighton, England. No types known. Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1987:31 [ref. 9312]. •Synonym of Raja alba Lacepède 1803 -- (Stehmann 1973:66 [ref. 7168], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:193 [ref. 13675], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:24 [ref. 26753]). •Synonym of Rostroraja alba (Lacepède 1803) -- (Lipej & Dulčić 2010:14 [ref. 36649]). Current status: Synonym of Rostroraja alba (Lacepède 1803). Rajidae. Habitat: marine.

rostellata, Raia Risso [A.] 1810:8, Pls. l-2 [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1987:32 [ref. 9312]. •Synonym of Raja alba Lacepède 1803 -- (Stehmann 1973:66 [ref. 7168]). •Synonym of Rostroraja alba (Lacepède 1803). Current status: Synonym of Rostroraja alba (Lacepède 1803). Rajidae. Habitat: marine.

texana, Raia Chandler [A. C.] 1921:657 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 59 (no. 2393); ref. 15308] Gulf of Mexico off Galveston jetties, Texas, U.S.A., depth between 5 and 10 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 84162. •Valid in an unnamed new genus -- (Compagno 1999:493 [ref. 25589]). •Valid as Raja texana Chandler 1921 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:37 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:26 [ref. 23239], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:40 [ref. 22793], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:168 [ref. 23897], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:63 [ref. 24550], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:147 [ref. 27754], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:543 [ref. 26985], Nelson et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:120 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:121 [ref. 34211]). •Valid as Rostroraja texana (Chandler 1921) -- (Last et al. 2016:24 [ref. 34941] with question, Last et al. 2016:357 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36407], Jones et al. 2020:293 [ref. 37610], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 5 [ref. 38986], Page et al. 2023:45 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Rostroraja texana (Chandler 1921). Rajidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Quintana Roo (Mexico, northwestern Caribbean Sea). Habitat: marine.

velezi, Raja Chirichigno F. [N.] 1973:20, Figs. 4-5 [Informes, Especiales, Instituto del Mar del Perú. Callao No. 42; ref. 7559] 19 miles from Colán, Peru, 5°01'S, 81°23'W, depth 133 fathoms [243 meters]. Holotype: IMARPE 1213. Paratypes: IMARPE 1214-16 (1, 1, 1). •Valid in an unnamed new genus -- (Compagno 1999:493 [ref. 25589]). •Valid as Raja velezi Chirichigno F. 1973 -- (Bussing & López S. 1994:30 [ref. 23101], Acero P. & Franke 1995:11 [ref. 22546], McEachran in Fischer et al. 1995:777 [ref. 22829], Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:40 [ref. 22793], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:111 [ref. 24023], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:84 [ref. 24555], Nelson et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:13 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Ruiz-Campos et al. 2010:366 [ref. 37373], Page et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:120 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:121 [ref. 34211], Bessudo et al. 2021:[3] 1771 [ref. 39107]). •Valid as Rostroraja velezi (Chirichigno F. 1973) -- (Last et al. 2016:24 [ref. 34941] with question, Last et al. 2016:358 [ref. 35000], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:246 [ref. 37881], González-Acosta et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39279], Molina-Salgado et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 39269], Page et al. 2023:45 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:67 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Rostroraja velezi (Chirichigno F. 1973). Rajidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including western and southwestern Gulf of California (Mexico), Malpelo Island (Colombia) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.