Raja miraletus 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 : 26-27

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scientific name	Raja miraletus Linnaeus 1758
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Raja miraletus Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL —Brown ray

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Raïa miraletus, Rond. by Gruvel (1931: 77–78); subsequently recorded as Raja miraletus Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 10); as Raja miraletus Linnaeus View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Raja miraletus Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 58–59); recently recorded as Raja miraletus View in CoL by Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished record from Batroun (10 February 1999). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Morocco, including Madeira.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 5 September 2003); Med. ( LC: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Medium priority for conservation action .