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View Mode View All Pictures Species Raja alba Lacepède    Raja alba was originally described as Raja alba by Lacepède in 1803. It belongs to the family Rajidae and subfamily Arhynchobatinae. It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: British Isles to South Africa; southwestern Indian Ocean; 2006 record from off India.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   alba AuthorWI   Lacepède [B. G. E.] AuthorNI   Lacepède Qualification   --- Year   1803 Status   Synonym Class   Chondrichthyes Chondrichthyes Order   Rajiformes Rajiformes Family   Rajidae Subfamily   Arhynchobatinae Arhynchobatinae Genus   Raja Subgenus   --- Class   Chondrichthyes Order   Rajiformes Family   Rajidae Subfamily   Arhynchobatinae Genus   Raja Original Name   Raja         Taxon Name   alba Original Combination   Raja alba Original Genus   Raja Original Genus Species   Raja alba OriginalSubGenus   Raja Original Author   Lacepède Original AuthorWI   Lacepède [B. G. E.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1803 Original Family   Rajidae Original SubFamily   Arhynchobatinae Original Level   species Type Locality   France, La Manche/English Channel, northeastern Atlantic. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Séret & McEachran 1986:30 [ref. 9312]. Primary Code   --- Primary Type   No types at MNHN Journal   Hist. Nat. Poiss. Citation   v. 5 Page   661, 663 Illustrations   Pl. 20 (fig. 1) SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Rostroraja alba Current Species   alba Current Genus   Rostroraja Current AuthorWI   Lacepède [B. G. E.] Current AuthorNI   Lacepède Current Year   1803 Current Family   Rajidae Current Subfamily   Arhynchobatinae Arhynchobatinae Habitat demersal         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Found in shelf and slope waters. Feeds on all kinds of bottom animals. Oviparous. Locally marketed in small numbers. Caught by shore and skiboat anglers (Ref. 5578). Depth Range From 30 to 400 meters.     Distribution Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: British Isles to South Africa; southwestern Indian Ocean; 2006 record from off India. Current Summary   Synonym of Rostroraja alba  (Lacepède 1803). Rajidae.   Name History   • Valid as Raja alba  Lacepède 1803 -- (Stehmann 1973:66 [ref. 7168], Stehmann 1976:158 [ref. 7085], Stehmann & Bürkel in Whitehead et al. 1984:193 [ref. 13675], Hulley 1986:119 [ref. 5672], Stehmann 1990:47 [ref. 19316], Compagno et al. 1991:107 [ref. 21083], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:92 [ref. 25472], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:92 [ref. 25472], Stehmann 1995:104 [ref. 22055]). • Valid as Rostroraja alba  (Lacepède 1803) -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:285 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:492 [ref. 25589], Bilecenoglu et al. 2002:24 [ref. 26753], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:81 [ref. 28072], Nair 2006:115 [ref. 29900], Fricke et al. 2007:19 [ref. 29533], Compagno & Ebert 2007:141 [ref. 30471]). Common Names Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 17 (420 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…151617 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   abyssicola Raja abyssicola Gilbert [C. H.] 1896 Synonym acanthiderma Raja acanthiderma Fowler [H. W.] 1947 Synonym acanthostyla Raja acanthostyla Philippi [R. A.] 1896 Synonym ackleyi Raja ackleyi Garman [S.] 1881 Synonym ackleyi Rostroraja ackleyi (Garman [S.] 1881) Valid ackleyi ornata Raja ackleyi ornata Garman [S.] 1881 Synonym acus Raja acus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803 Synonym acutispina Raja acutispina Ishiyama [R.] 1958 Synonym africana Raja africana Capapé [C.] 1977 Valid africana Raja africana Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801 Synonym agassizi Raja agassizi (Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1841) Valid agassizi meta Raja agassizi meta Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1903 -- agassizi picta Raja agassizi picta Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1903 1°Homonym agassizi ribeiroi Raja agassizi ribeiroi Fowler [H. W.] 1910 Replacement name agassizii Raja agassizii (Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1841) Synonym ajereba Raja ajereba Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Marcgravus) 1792 Synonym alba Raja alba Chiereghini [A. P.] in Nardo 1847 Not available albalinea Raja albalinea von Bonde [C.] & Swart [D. B.] 1923 Synonym albomaculata Raja albomaculata Norman [J. R.] 1937 Synonym aleutica Raja aleutica Gilbert [C. H.] 1896 Synonym alia Raja alia Garman [S.] 1899 Uncertain altavela Raja altavela Linnaeus [C.] 1758 Synonym annandalei Raja annandalei Weber [M.] 1913 Synonym apteronota Raja apteronota Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802 Uncertain aquila Raja aquila Linnaeus [C.] 1758 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 17 (420 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…151617 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…