{"id":6339,"date":"2022-09-30T07:37:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T07:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/?page_id=6339"},"modified":"2022-10-06T15:03:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:03:22","slug":"excluded-species","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/excluded-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Excluded species"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>List of excluded species<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-8 column1-desktop-grid__start-3 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-8 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<h2 class=\"has-normal-font-size\">TORPEDINIDAE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>Torpedo alexandrinsis<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Described from five individuals found near Alexandria in Egypt, several authors agree to qualify this species as invalid for Mediterranean Sea &#8211; while the hypothesis of its presence in the Red Sea remains unsolved (Serena <em>et al<\/em>., 2020). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>Torpedo fuscomaculata<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Present in the Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean, the presence of this species in the Mediterranean Sea was suggested following only one ancient record in Alexandria and a mention in Turkish waters (that could both be a misidentification with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/torpedo-marmorata\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3772\">T. marmorata<\/a><\/em> due to similar dorsal patterns; Serena 2005, Serena <em>et al. <\/em>2020). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-normal-font-size\">RAJIDAE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>Raja mauritaniensis<\/em> (formerly <em>Raja africana<\/em>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The validity of the species <em>Raja africana<\/em>, recently renamed <em>Raja mauritanisensis<\/em> (White &amp; Fricke, 2021),  was questioned by Compagno (1999) and indicated as a not valid species (Serena 2005, Serena <em>et al. <\/em>2020) due to lack of evidence such as genetic analysis. However, the species was cited for the Algerian basin (Hemida <em>et al<\/em>., 2007), prudently included in the checklist of elasmobranchs occurring in the Mediterranean Sea (Bradai <em>et al.<\/em>, 2010) and considered as a valid species in 2014 for the Sicily channel \/ Tunisian plateau regions until further investigation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-normal-font-size\">DASYATIDAE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>Bathytoshia centroura<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally falsely recorded in the Mediterranean, molecular data showed that its true distribution is limited to the western Atlantic (Last <em>et al. <\/em>2016a,b). The species present in the Mediterranean Sea was none other than <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/bathytoshia-lata\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4299\">Bathytoshia lata<\/a><\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>Dasyatis chrysonota<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After several studies, it appeared that <em>D. chrysonota<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/dasyatis-marmorata\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4228\"><em>D. marmorata<\/em> <\/a>are two distinct species with different geographical distribution and that only the latter is present in the Mediterranean Sea (Last <em>et al.<\/em> 2016a, Serena <em>et al. <\/em>2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>References <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">\u2022 Compagno L.J.V. 2005. Checklist of Living Chondrichthyes. In Hamlett W.C. ed: Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Chondrichthyes: Sharks, Batoids, and Chimaeras, pp: 501\u2013548. New Hampshire: Science Publishers.<br>\u2022 Hemida F., Sergoua W., Seridji R. 2007. Nouvelle liste comment\u00e9e des raies du bassin alg\u00e9rien. <em>Rapport de la Commission Internationale pour l\u2019Exploration de la Mer M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e<\/em> 38: 497.<br>\u2022 Last P.R., White W., De Carvalho M., S\u00e9ret B., Stehmann M., Naylor G.J.P. 2016a. Rays of the world. CSIRO Publishing, Australia, 832 pp.<br>\u2022 Last P.R., Naylor G.J.P., Manjaji-Matsumoto B.M. 2016b. A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights. <em>Zootaxa<\/em> 4139: 345-368.<br>\u2022 Serena F. 2005. Field identification guide to sharks and rays of Mediterranean and Black Sea. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purpose. Rome: 97pp.<br>\u2022 Serena F., Abella A. J., Bargnesi F., Barone M., Colloca F., Ferretti F., Fiorentino F., Jenrette J. &amp; Moro S.\u00a02020.\u00a0Species diversity, taxonomy and distribution of Chondrichthyes in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.\u00a0<em>The European Zoological Journal<\/em>\u00a087(1):\u00a0497-536.<br>\u2022 UNEP-MAP-RAC\/SPA. 2014. Status and conservation of fisheries in the Sicily Channel\/ Tunisian Plateau. By H. Farrugio &amp; Alen Soldo. Draft internal report for the purposes of the Mediterranean Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas, Malaga, Spain, 7-11 April 2014.<br>\u2022 White W. T., Fricke R. 2021. <em>Raja mauritaniensis<\/em>: a replacement name for <em>Raja africana <\/em>Capap\u00e9, 1977 (Rajiformes: Rajidae), a junior homonym of <em>Raja africana <\/em>Bloch &amp; Schneider, 1801 (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae).\u00a0<em>Zootaxa<\/em>\u00a04970(2): 399-400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>List of excluded species TORPEDINIDAE Torpedo alexandrinsis Described from five individuals found near Alexandria in Egypt, several authors agree to qualify this species as invalid for Mediterranean Sea &#8211; while the hypothesis of its presence in the Red Sea remains unsolved (Serena et al., 2020). Torpedo fuscomaculata Present in the Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/excluded-species\/\">Lire la suite <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00ab\u00a0Excluded species\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6339"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6572,"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6339\/revisions\/6572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}