Raja clavata Linnaeus 1758

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346571
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Raja clavata Linnaeus 1758
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Raja clavata Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL —Thornback ray

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Raïa clavata, L. by Gruvel (1931: 78); recently recorded as Raja clavata View in CoL by Lteif (2015: 61).

Distribution. Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian Ocean: Iceland and central Norway to South Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (NT: 3 October 2005); Med. (NT: 27 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Medium priority for conservation action.