Author: Bougis, 1959

Raja rondeleti Bougis, 1959

Diagnosis: snout short; upper surface almost wholly covered by large claw-like thorns, but none outstanding or forming a pattern; underside with large areas of similar thorns. Colour: upper surface plain greyishbrown; underside ochre, margins of pectorals and hind lobes of pelvic fins somewhat darker, the tail dusky. Size: to about 50 cm TL.

Habitat: benthic in moderate depths. Food: no data. Reproduction: oviparous, no further data.

Distribution: French Mediterranean coast and Gulf of Genoa.

Note: species based on four specimens (only one specimen available to authors). Possibly these are merely excessively spiny Raja clavata.

Complementary iconography. Bini, 1967: 165-166, fig.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Chondrichthyes
Superorder Hypotremata
Family Rajidae
Genus Raja
Species Raja rondeleti

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Raja rondeleti Bougis, 1959

Scientific synonyms and common names

Raja rondeleti Bougis, 1959

Synonyms:

Raja rondeleti Bougis, 1959
Raja rondeleti Bougis, 1959, Vie Milieu, 10 (1): 104-115, fig. 1-5 (NW-Mediterranean). Four syntypes: MNHN no. 98.1249 'R. Sullonica Blainv.'; MZUF, Collection Giglioli, no. 592-1876 'R. fullonica Rond.'. Two syntypes without coll. no in the Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls, France.
Raja fullonica (non Linnaeus): Bonaparte, 1841: Fasc. 30, Punt. 159, pl., fig. la ? Griffini, 1903: 125 Tortonese, 1956: 251-253 (in part), fig. 140 for R. fullonica L. = R. rondeleti.

Common names:

Rondelet's ray [En]
Raie de Rondelet [Fr]
Raya de Rondelet [Es]

Bini, G. 1967-72. Atlante dei pesci delle Coste italiane. Mondo Sommerso, Milano, 9 vol: I, 1967, Leptocardi, Ciclostomi, Selaci, 206 p., 66 fig+64 col. fig. II, 1971, Osteitti (Acipenseriformi, Clupeiformi, Mictofiformi, Anguilliformi), 300 p., 73 col. fig. III, 1970, Notacantiformi . . . Zeiformi, 229 p., 34 fig+63 col. fig. IV, 1968, Perciformi (Mugiloidei, Percoidei), 163 p., 34 fig+49 col. fig. V, 1968, Perciformi (Percoidei), 175 p., 22 fig.+56 col. fig. VI, 1968, Perciformi (Trichiuroidei . . . Blennioidei), 177 p., 48 fig+57 col. fig. VII,1969, Perciformi (Ofidioidei . . . Dactilopteroidei), 196 p., 57 fig.+59 col. fig. VIII,1968, Pleuronettiformi, Echeniformi, Gobioesociformi, Tetraodontiformi, Lofiformi, 164 p., 34+63 fig. IX, 1972, Introduzione. Parte generale. Aggiornamenti. Indici. 176 p.

Bonaparte, C. L. 1832-41, Iconografia della Fauna italica per le quattro classi degli Animali Vertebrati, tomo III, Pesci, Roma, without pagination, 75 puntate (in 30 fasc.), 78 pl.

Bougis, P. l959b. Sur une raie mal connue des côtes françaises. Raia rondeleti n. sp. (= R. fullonica Rondelet). Vie Milieu, 10 (1) :104-115, 5 fig.

Griffini, A. 1903. Ittiologia italiana, Manuali Hoepli, Milano: xii+475 p., 244 fig.

Tortonese, E. 1956b. Leptocardia, Ciclostomata, Selachii. Fauna Ital., 2: 334 p., 163 fig.

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