Raja maderensis

Raja maderensis
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Rajidae
Genus:	Raja
Species:	R. maderensis
Binomial name
Raja maderensis Lowe, 1838 [2]

Raja maderensis is a species of hardnose skate. ^{[3] [4]}

Range

Raja maderensis appears to only be found in the shelf and upper slope of Madeira. Specimens possibly attributable to this species or one very similar are reported from the Azores, with their taxonomic placement pending assessment and clarification. ^[5]

Etymology

Madeira, a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.

References

1. Dulvy, N.K.; Walls, R.H.L.; Buscher, E.; Stehmann, M.F.W. (2015). "Raja maderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T161459A48939762. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T161459A48939762.en . Retrieved 16 September 2024.
2. Lowe, Richard Thomas (1838). "A Synopsis of the Fishes of Madeira; with the principal Synonyms, Portuguese Names, and Characters of the new Genera and Species" . The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 2 (3): 173–200. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1839.tb00017.x. ISSN   1469-7998.
3. "Madeira Skate (Raja maderensis)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
4. "Raja maderensis Lowe, 1838". Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 09/2024. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
5. Dulvy, N.K.; Walls, R.H.L.; Buscher, E.; Stehmann, M.F.W. (2015). "Raja maderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T161459A48939762. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T161459A48939762.en . Retrieved 16 September 2024.