Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)

Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, Journal of Natural History 37 (18), pp. 2213-2267 : 2228

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Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Irvine name. Pteroplatea altavela (Linnaeus) .

Reference material. Accra, October 1938 (Irvine 352, p.p. Nortey)— BMNH 1939.7 .12.3 (one: 376 mm TL, 544 mm DW) .

Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). Also known from Massachusetts to La Plata River in the western Atlantic.