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Bosc, 1800
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Distributed throughout the northern GOM but more common east of the
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River than west. Commonly reported as distributed from the shore out to
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The first published report of this species occurring in the northern GOM was by
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based on a specimen (UMMZ 154934) collected near Pass-A-Grille Beach,
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The placement of this and other
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incertae sedis
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of the “Amphi-American Assemblage” (
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) in the previously monotypic genus
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Hulley, 1972
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is provisional based on unpublished molecular data (
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Last
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2016
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).
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identified
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(
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similarity, particularly in shape, to
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFEC305366A589A2E" box="[351,518,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">R. desmarestia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF666AFFDAFDDC05366BEB9A2E" authority="(Linnaeus, 1758))" authorityName="" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[576,949,548,575]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Dipturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="batis">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFDDC05366ABC9A2E" box="[576,738,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">Dipturus batis</emphasis>
(Linnaeus, 1758))
</taxonomicName>
lead us to agree with both
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D666AFFDAFB7305356DC29A2E" author="Garman, S." box="[1263,1436,549,575]" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" pagination="1 - 528" refId="ref17374" refString="Garman, S. (1913) The Plagiostomia (Sharks, Skates and Rays). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 36, 1 - 528, 77 pls." type="book chapter" year="1913">Garman (1913)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D666AFFDAFF5A05596A409A72" author="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C." box="[198,542,584,611]" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" pagination="1 - 514" refId="ref15696" refString="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (1953) Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays. Chimaeroids. In: Tee-Van, J., Breder, C. M., Hildebrand, S. F., Parr, A. E. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (Eds.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 2. Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale Univ., New Haven, pp. 1 - 514. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / j. ctvbcd 0 f 3.5" type="book chapter" year="1953">Bigelow and Schroeder (1953)</bibRefCitation>
in assigning
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFD2F055A6B179A72" box="[691,841,586,611]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">R. americana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF666AFFDAFBBD055A6CED9A72" authorityName="Bosc" authorityYear="1800" box="[1057,1203,585,611]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eglanteria">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFBBD055A6CED9A72" box="[1057,1203,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">R. eglanteria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF666AFFDAFB5D055A6DDC9A72" authorityName="Lesueur" authorityYear="1824" box="[1217,1410,585,611]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="desmarestia">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFB5D055A6DDC9A72" box="[1217,1410,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">Raia desmarestia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a likely synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF666AFFDAFEE2057E6A4E9A96" authorityName="Bosc" authorityYear="1800" box="[382,528,621,647]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eglanteria">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFEE2057E6A4E9A96" box="[382,528,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">R. eglanteria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as well since the
<typeStatus id="548359CE666AFFDAFD4B057D6B599A96" box="[727,775,621,647]" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">type</typeStatus>
locality (
<collectingRegion id="49FC298E666AFFDAFCED057D6B9B9A99" box="[881,965,621,648]" country="United States of America" name="Florida" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">Florida</collectingRegion>
) and description given by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D666AFFDAFB6C057D6DC29A96" author="Lesueur, C. A." box="[1264,1436,621,647]" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" pagination="100 - 121" refId="ref18749" refString="Lesueur, C. A. (1824) Description of several species of the Linnaean genus Raia of North America. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 4 (1), 100 - 121, pls. 4 - 6." type="journal article" year="1824">Lesueur (1824)</bibRefCitation>
match most closely with this species (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D666AFFDAFDD905816BCA9ABA" author="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C." box="[581,916,656,683]" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" pagination="1 - 514" refId="ref15696" refString="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (1953) Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays. Chimaeroids. In: Tee-Van, J., Breder, C. M., Hildebrand, S. F., Parr, A. E. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (Eds.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 2. Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale Univ., New Haven, pp. 1 - 514. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / j. ctvbcd 0 f 3.5" type="book chapter" year="1953">Bigelow and Schroeder 1953</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D666AFFDAFC3C05816C899ABD" author="Seret, B. &amp; McEachran, J. D." box="[928,1239,657,684]" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" pagination="3 - 50" refId="ref20103" refString="Seret, B. &amp; McEachran, J. D. (1986) Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. (Suite) Poissons batoides (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Batoidea). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie 4: Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Ecologie Animales, 8 (Supplement 4), 3 - 50." type="journal article" year="1986">Séret and McEachran 1986</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF666AFFDAFB7005826DC29ABA" authorityName="Mitchill" authorityYear="1815" box="[1260,1436,657,683]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="diaphanes">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFB7005826DC29ABA" box="[1260,1436,657,683]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">Raja diaphanes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been concluded by many authors to be a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF666AFFDAFCBA05A66BA59ADE" baseAuthorityName="Mitchill" baseAuthorityYear="1815" box="[806,1019,693,719]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Leucoraja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ocellata">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFCBA05A66BA59ADE" box="[806,1019,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">Leucoraja ocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFB9105A66C6B9ADE" box="[1037,1077,694,719]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">e.g.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D666AFFDAFBA105A56D729ADE" author="Scott, W. B. &amp; Scott, M. G." box="[1085,1324,693,719]" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" pagination="731" refId="ref20172" refString="Scott, W. B. &amp; Scott, M. G. (1988) Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 219, 731." type="journal article" year="1988">Scott and Scott 1988</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D666AFFDAFAA405A568A69AE2" author="Fricke, R. &amp; Eschmeyer, W. N. &amp; Van der Laan, R." pageId="12" pageNumber="293" refId="ref17155" refString="Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. &amp; Van der Laan, R. (Eds.) (2019) Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Available from: http: // researcharchive. calacademy. org / research / ichthyology / catalog / fishcatmain. asp (accessed 20 March 2019)" type="url" year="2019">
Fricke
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFA1405A668EA9AE2" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">et al.</emphasis>
2019
</bibRefCitation>
). However the description provided by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D666AFFDAFD2F05C96B019AE2" author="Mitchill, S. L." box="[691,863,728,755]" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" pagination="355 - 492" refId="ref19208" refString="Mitchill, S. L. (1815) The fishes of New York described and arranged. Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York, 1, 355 - 492." type="journal article" year="1815">Mitchill (1815)</bibRefCitation>
matches closely with
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF666AFFDAFBC505CA6CB59AE2" authorityName="Bosc" authorityYear="1800" box="[1113,1259,729,755]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eglanteria">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFBC505CA6CB59AE2" box="[1113,1259,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">R. eglanteria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
not
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF666AFFDAFA8105CA6DCB9AE2" baseAuthorityName="Mitchill" baseAuthorityYear="1815" box="[1309,1429,729,755]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Leucoraja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ocellata">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFA8105CA6DCB9AE2" box="[1309,1429,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">L. ocellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, particularly in the description of the elongation and acuity of the snout, not to mention the transparency of the tissue adjacent to the snout. We therefore follow
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D666AFFDAFDE604316B8B9B2A" author="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C." box="[634,981,800,827]" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" pagination="1 - 514" refId="ref15696" refString="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (1953) Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays. Chimaeroids. In: Tee-Van, J., Breder, C. M., Hildebrand, S. F., Parr, A. E. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (Eds.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 2. Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale Univ., New Haven, pp. 1 - 514. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / j. ctvbcd 0 f 3.5" type="book chapter" year="1953">Bigelow and Schroeder (1953)</bibRefCitation>
in considering
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFB1A04326D479B2A" box="[1158,1305,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">R. diaphanes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF666AFFDAFF2A045669169B4E" authorityName="Bosc" authorityYear="1800" box="[182,328,837,863]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eglanteria">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFF2A045669169B4E" box="[182,328,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">R. eglanteria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B87E76C666AFFDAFF5B04786B0E9B92" blockId="12.[151,1437,152,899]" box="[199,848,872,899]" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFF5B0478699E9B92" bold="true" box="[199,448,872,899]" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">Conservation Status.</emphasis>
Least Concern (as
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF666AFFDAFD04047A6B199B92" authorityName="Bosc" authorityYear="1800" box="[664,839,873,899]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="293" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eglanteria">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E666AFFDAFD04047A6B199B92" box="[664,839,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="293">Raja eglanteria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
)
</paragraph>
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