A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii

R. batis batis LINN. 1758
Raia undulata sive cinerea RONDELET 1554
Raia clavata WILLUGHBY 1686 (non Linn. 1758)
Raia varia (no. 9) ARTEDI 1738
Raja batis LINN. 1758 (Oceano Europaeo )
Raia leiobatos GRONOV. 1763 (Inadmissible work )
Raia laevis VALMONT 1768 (Inadmissible work )
Raia gaimardi VALMONT 1768 (Inadmissible work )
Raia undulata VALMONT 1768 (Inadmissible work )
Skate PENNANT 1769
Raia machuelo OSBECK 1770 (Inadmissible work ) (Spain)
Raia laevis alba DUHAMEL 1782 ( Inadmissible work )
Raja osbeckii WALBAUM 1792 (on Osbeck 1770 ) ( Inadmissible work )
Raja hispanica BLOCH & SCHNEIDER 1801 (on Osbeck) (Spain)
Raja (Dipturus) batos RAFINESQUE 1810
Raia rostrata BLAINV. 1816 (non SHAW & NODDER 1795 = Aptychotrema, nec LAC . 1802,
nec RISSO 1810 )
Propterygia hyposticta OTTO 1821 (Malformed specimen of R. batis LINN. ) t/l; Scotland
Raja alata REINHARDT 1825 (Malformed specimen of R. batis LINN. )
Raja flossada RISSO 1826 ( non RISSO 1810 ) t/l; Nice, France.
Raja gaimardi VALENCIENNES 1847 ( = R. gaimardi VALMONT, inadmiss.) t/l; Iceland
Raja leiobatos GRAY 1851 t/l; "Oceano septentrionale "
? Raja chinensis BASILEWSKY 1855 t/l; Peking ? (sp. dub.). Garman, 1913 state that this is
very similar to R..batis but it has never benn seen since the original description was made in latin.
Range; North Norway and Iceland, North Sea & W. Baltic south to Madeira,Canary Is. & W.
Med.and to Senegal, W. Africa. 100-1000 m.
D. batis var. macrorhynchus (Rafinesque) 1810 Flapper Skate
Raia oxyrhynchos RONDELET 1554 (non oxyrhynchos ROND. 1554, non oxyrinchus LINN. 1758
)
Raja rhomboidalis TILESIUS 1809 ( Italy )
Raia macrorhynchus RAF. 1810 t/l; Sicily
Raia mucossissima NARDO 1827 t/l; Italy
Raja intermedia PARNELL 1838 t/l; Firth of Forth.
Flapper Skate PARNELL 1838 t/l; Firth of Forth.
This is usually considered to be a variety of R. batis.
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D. OXYRINCHUS (Linn.) 1758 Eastern Atlantic Sharpnose Skate
Raia oxyrhynchos alia RONDELET 1554
Laeviraia sp. SALVIANI 1554;
Raia varia (No. 8) ARTEDI 1738
Raja oxyrinchus LINN. 1758 t/l; Oceano Europaeo
Raia laevis VALMONT 1768 (inadmiss.)
Sharp-nosed Ray PENNANT 1769 (part, included part alba)
Raja acus LAC. 1803 t/l; coast near Rouen, France
Raja rostrata RISSO 1810 ( non SHAW & NODDER 1795 = Aptychotrema, nec LAC. 1802 =
R. alba ) t/l; Nice, France.
Raja oxyrhynchus MONTAGU 1815 (Devon, England) (Emended spelling)
Raia morula NARDO 1827 (Italy)
Raja vomer FRIES 1838 t/l; Bohuslan Coast , Sweden.
Raia mucronota YARRELL 1841 t/l; Ireland
Raja salviani MUELLER & HENLE 1841 t/l; Nice, France.
Long-nosed Skate COUCH 1867
Laeviraia vomer MALM 1877
Raja nidrosiensis COLLETT 1881 (non nidarosiensis STORM 1881)
Range; Central Norway and Faroes to W. Med., Canary Is. & south to Senegal. 90-900 m.
To 1100 m. in Med.
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