Raja parva Last & Séret, 2016

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 105

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E324-3F78-7584-DD11EC8BFD1B
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scientific name	Raja parva Last & Séret, 2016
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Raja parva Last & Séret, 2016 View in CoL

Raja miraletus non Linnaeus, 1758 [Misapplied for African specimens� Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 41.1 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 10-300 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NT – Near threatened (A2bd / 2021)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East central Atlantic: known from Liberia, Senegal (Dakar) and Angola; probably more widespread. Caught by the industrial trawlers along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).

References

LAST P. R. & SERET B., 2016. - A new Eastern Central Atlantic skate Raja parva sp. nov (Rajoidei: Rajidae) belonging to the Raja miraletus species complex. Zootaxa, 4147 (4): 477 - 489. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4147.4.8

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Rajiformes
Family	Rajidae
Genus	Raja

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