An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea
Author
Jones, Christian M.
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories, 3209 Frederic Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi, U. S. A.
Author
Driggers Iii, William B.
Author
Hannan, Kristin M.
Riverside Technologies Inc., Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories, 3209 Frederic Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi, U. S. A. kristin. hannan @ noaa. gov; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2687 - 3331
Author
Hoffmayer, Eric R.
Author
Jones, Lisa M.
Author
Raredon, Sandra J.
Smithsonian Institution, Division of Fishes, Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland, U. S. A. raredons @ si. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8295 - 6000
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Zootaxa
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10.11646/zootaxa.4803.2.3
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Dipturus teevani
(
Bigelow and Schroeder, 1951a
)
—Caribbean skate
Synonyms:
Raja floridana
Bigelow and Schroeder, 1962
Raja teevani
Bigelow and Schroeder, 1951a
Distribution.
Widely distributed in the northern GOM from Port St. Joe, Florida to the Texas/
Mexico
border at depths between approximately 310 and
940 m
.
First Record in
GOM
.
This
species was originally described (
Bigelow and Schroeder 1951a
) from two specimens (
holotype
USNM 153557
,
Figure 7
, and
paratype
MCZ
37189) collected in 1951 aboard the
RV
Oregon
from the northern
GOM
off the northwestern coast of
Florida
(
Springer and Bullis 1956
)
.
Remarks.
The genus
Dipturus
is currently under revision and the species from the GOM are of particular interest as little is known of their biology and habits.
Conservation Status.
Data Deficient