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Leucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Rajiformes
family
Rajidae
genus
Leucoraja
species
Leucoraja melitensis

Name

Synonyms
Raia melitensis Clark, 1926
Raja melitensis Clark, 1926
Homonyms
Leucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926)
Common names
Malta keler balığı in Turkish
Malta keler balığı in Turkish
Maltese Skate in English
Maltese ray in English
Maltese ray in English
Maltese ray in English
Maltese rog in Dutch
Malteser Rochen in German
Malteser Rochen in German
Malteserrochen in German
Maltos raja in Lithuanian
Maltos raja in Lithuanian
Raie De Malte in French
Raie de Malte in French
Raie maltaise in French
Raja Maltija in Maltese
Raja ta' Malta in Maltese
Raya de Malta in Spanish
Raya de Malta in Spanish
Razza Maltese in Italian
maltanrausku in Finnish
raja Maltańska in Polish
raja Maltańska in Polish
rejnok maltský in Czech
Скат мальтійський коричневий in Ukrainian
Скат мальтійський коричневий in Ukrainian
Maltese Skate in English
Malta keler balığı in Turkish
Maltese ray in English
Malteser Rochen in German
Maltos raja in Lithuanian
Raie De Malte in French
Razza Maltese in Italian
raja Maltańska in Polish
Скат мальтійський коричневий in Ukrainian

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  3. McEachran, John D., and Katherine A. Dunn, 1998: Phylogenetic Analysis of Skates, a Morphologically Conservative Clade of Elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia, vol. 1998, no. 2. 271-290.
  4. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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