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This species is distributed throughout the northern GOM, from the Texas/
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(see above), it has been captured in near shore shallow waters out to waters
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6672FFC2FF5B013D69869E59" bold="true" box="[199,472,1581,1608]" pageId="20" pageNumber="301">First Record in GOM.</emphasis>
The first record of this species in the northern GOM was reported by
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Naylor
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DNA in their database, and the close genetic relatedness between
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Jones
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), those authors identified anomalous individuals from the northern GOM that were divergent from
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as
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c.f.
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,
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as
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was the closest matching species represented in their dataset.
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Jones
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verified the second species as
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6672FFC2FF5B001669659F31" bold="true" box="[199,315,1798,1824]" pageId="20" pageNumber="301">Remarks.</emphasis>
As stated above, recent studies (
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Naylor
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. 2012
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6672FFC2FC1C00166C639F0E" author="Jones, C. M. &amp; Hoffmayer, E. R. &amp; Hendon, J. M. &amp; Quattro, J. M. &amp; Lewandowski, J. &amp; Roberts, M. A. &amp; Poulakis, G. R. &amp; Ajemian, M. J. &amp; Driggers, W. B. &amp; de Carvalho, M. R. &amp; Rego, M. G. &amp; Hazin, F. H. V. &amp; Marquez-Farias, J. F." box="[896,1085,1797,1824]" pageId="20" pageNumber="301" pagination="499 - 514" refId="ref18195" refString="Jones, C. M., Hoffmayer, E. R., Hendon, J. M., Quattro, J. M., Lewandowski, J., Roberts, M. A., Poulakis, G. R., Ajemian, M. J., Driggers, W. B., de Carvalho, M. R., Rego, M. G., Hazin, F. H. V. &amp; Marquez-Farias, J. F. (2017) Morphological conservation of rays in the genus Rhinoptera (Elasmobranchii, Rhinopteridae) conceals the occurrence of a large batoid, Rhinoptera brasiliensis Muller, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa, 4286 (4), 499 - 514. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4286.4.3" type="journal article" year="2017">
Jones
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6672FFC2FC5900166BA39F0E" box="[965,1021,1797,1823]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="301">et al.</emphasis>
2017
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) have indicated the presence of this species in the northern GOM. This species is morphologically very similar to
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6672FFC2FBAD00396D4C9F52" box="[1073,1298,1833,1859]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="301">Rhinoptera bonasus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the two species are therefore difficult to differentiate without detailed examination and/or genetic verification. It is likely, based upon historic reports (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6672FFC2FE4C00616B489F9D" author="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C." box="[464,790,1905,1932]" pageId="20" pageNumber="301" 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="EFA99A9D6672FFC2FC8300626C749F9A" author="Acero, A. P. &amp; Garzon, J. F." box="[799,1066,1905,1932]" pageId="20" pageNumber="301" pagination="9 - 11" refId="ref15293" refString="Acero, A. P. &amp; Garzon, J. F. (1982) On an interesting specimen of cow nose ray (Pisces: Rhinopteridae) from the colombian Caribbean. Boletim do Instituto Oceanografico da Universidade de Sao Paulo, 31 (2), 9 - 11. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0373 - 55241982000200003" type="journal article" year="1982">Acero and Garzon 1982</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6672FFC2FBA800616D3E9F9D" author="Isais, M. G. &amp; Dominguez, H. M. M." box="[1076,1376,1905,1932]" pageId="20" pageNumber="301" pagination="947 - 948" refId="ref18112" refString="Isais, M. G. &amp; Dominguez, H. M. M. (1996) First record of Rhinoptera brasiliensis (Batoidei: Rhinopteridae) in Veracruz, Mexico. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44 (2 B), 947 - 948." type="journal article" year="1996">Isaís and Dominguez 1996</bibRefCitation>
), that
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6672FFC2FF0B008569C29FBE" authorityName="Muller" authorityYear="1836" box="[151,412,1941,1967]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Rhinoptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="301" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brasiliensis">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6672FFC2FF0B008569C29FBE" box="[151,412,1941,1967]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="301">Rhinoptera brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been present in the northern GOM for several decades, if not longer. It has been suggest- ed (
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6672FFC2FF5E00AA68B59FC2" box="[194,235,1978,2003]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="301">e.g.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6672FFC2FF6E00A969E59FC2" author="Fricke, R. &amp; Eschmeyer, W. N. &amp; Van der Laan, R." box="[242,443,1977,2003]" pageId="20" pageNumber="301" 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="B94C3B7E6672FFC2FEDD00AA69249FC2" box="[321,378,1977,2003]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="301">et al.</emphasis>
2019
</bibRefCitation>
) that
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6672FFC2FE6700AA6B939FC2" authority="Muller and Henle, 1841" authorityName="Muller and Henle" authorityYear="1841" box="[507,973,1977,2003]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="301" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brasiliensis">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6672FFC2FE6700AA6AE69FC2" box="[507,696,1977,2003]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="301">Raja brasiliensis</emphasis>
Müller and Henle, 1841
</taxonomicName>
is a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6672FFC2FB1300A96DCB9FC2" authorityName="Muller" authorityYear="1836" box="[1167,1429,1977,2003]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Rhinoptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="301" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brasiliensis">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6672FFC2FB1300A96DCB9FC2" box="[1167,1429,1977,2003]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="301">Rhinoptera brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, Müller and Henle (1841) clearly describe
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6672FFC2FD4400CE6BCA9FE6" authorityName="Muller and Henle" authorityYear="1841" box="[728,916,2013,2039]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="301" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brasiliensis">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6672FFC2FD4400CE6BCA9FE6" box="[728,916,2013,2039]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="301">Raja brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a rajiform skate, claiming that it “could be a variation of
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FE82078A69E398A2" box="[286,445,153,179]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undulata">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FE82078A69E398A2" box="[286,445,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Raja undulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” (Müller and Henle 1841, our translation). As the only specimen of
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FB33078A6D3598A2" authorityName="Muller and Henle" authorityYear="1841" box="[1199,1387,153,179]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brasiliensis">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FB33078A6D3598A2" box="[1199,1387,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Raja brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was destroyed during World War II (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FE6407AD6A9C98C6" author="Fricke, R. &amp; Eschmeyer, W. N. &amp; Van der Laan, R." box="[504,706,189,215]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" 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="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FDD407AE6ADE98C6" box="[584,640,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">et al.</emphasis>
2019
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), its exact identity may never be known. It is clear, however, from the description that
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FEE807F26A6E98EA" box="[372,560,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Raja brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not conspecific with
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FCA607F16C6198EA" authorityName="Muller" authorityYear="1836" box="[826,1087,225,251]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Rhinoptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brasiliensis">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FCA607F16C6198EA" box="[826,1087,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Rhinoptera brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The name
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FB5E07F16965990E" authority="(Cuvier, 1829)" baseAuthorityName="Cuvier" baseAuthorityYear="1829" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Rhinoptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jussieui">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FB5E07F16DC398EA" box="[1218,1437,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Rhinoptera jussieui</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FF030615696D990E" author="Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D." box="[159,307,261,287]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" refId="ref16497" refString="Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D. (1829) Le regne animal, distribue d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparee. 2 nd Edition. Deterville, de l'Impr. de A. Belin, Paris, 584 pp." type="book" year="1829">Cuvier, 1829</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
has been used by many authors (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FD7C06156B23990E" author="Gunther, A." box="[736,893,261,287]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" refId="ref17830" refString="Gunther, A. (1870) Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Vol. 8. British Museum (Natural History), Department of Zoology, London, 549 pp." type="book" year="1870">Gunther 1870</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FC1506156C7D990E" author="Garman, S." box="[905,1059,261,287]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" 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>
) as synonymous with
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FA82061569469952" authorityName="Muller" authorityYear="1836" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Rhinoptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brasiliensis">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FA82061569469952" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Rhinoptera brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FE0506396A159952" author="Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D." box="[409,587,297,323]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" refId="ref16497" refString="Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D. (1829) Le regne animal, distribue d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparee. 2 nd Edition. Deterville, de l'Impr. de A. Belin, Paris, 584 pp." type="book" year="1829">Cuviers (1829)</bibRefCitation>
use of the name (as
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<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FCB3063A6B9F9952" box="[815,961,298,323]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Raja jussieui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) is in reference to a specimen (jaws) illustrated by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA99A9D6673FFC3FE9C065D69FF9976" author="Jussieu, A. L." box="[256,417,333,359]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" pagination="322 - 324" refId="ref18408" refString="Jussieu, A. L. (1721) Recherches physiques sur les petrifications qui se trouvent en France de divers parties de plantes et d'animaux extrangers. Memoires de l'Academine Royale des Sciences, 69 - 75, 322 - 324." type="journal article" year="1721">Jussieu (1721)</bibRefCitation>
which the later author describes as originating from
<collectingCountry id="F32FA7FC6673FFC3FC70065D6C6D9976" box="[1004,1075,333,359]" name="China" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">China</collectingCountry>
. This may mean that
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FA82065D68B3999A" baseAuthorityName="Cuvier" baseAuthorityYear="1829" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Rhinoptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jussieui">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FA82065D68B3999A" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Rhinoptera jussieui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the valid name for
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FE7706616BB0999A" authority="Muller and Henle, 1841" authorityName="Muller and Henle" authorityYear="1841" box="[491,1006,369,395]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Rhinoptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="javanica">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FE7706616A8C999A" box="[491,722,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Rhinoptera javanica</emphasis>
Müller and Henle, 1841
</taxonomicName>
, but certainly precludes it from being accepted as synonymous with
<taxonomicName id="4C389CEF6673FFC3FE7006856AAC99BE" authorityName="Muller" authorityYear="1836" box="[492,754,405,431]" class="Chondrichthyes" family="Myliobatidae" genus="Rhinoptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brasiliensis">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FE7006856AAC99BE" box="[492,754,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Rhinoptera brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as that species is restricted to the western Atlantic Ocean.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B87E76C6673FFC3FF5B06A86BE499E6" blockId="21.[151,1437,153,503]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">
<emphasis id="B94C3B7E6673FFC3FF5B06A869E199C2" bold="true" box="[199,447,440,467]" pageId="21" pageNumber="302">Conservation Status.</emphasis>
Endangered, although this status will likely change as their known range has been greatly expanded to include waters where they are less exposed to exploitation.
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