WoRMS taxon details
Raja montagui Fowler, 1910
105887 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105887)
accepted
Species
Raia maculata Montagu, 1818 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fowler, H.W. (1910). Notes on batoid fishes. <em>Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.</em> 62: 468-475., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526405
page(s): 468 [details]
page(s): 468 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Raja montagui Fowler, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105887 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Fowler, H.W. (1910). Notes on batoid fishes. <em>Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.</em> 62: 468-475., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5526405
page(s): 468 [details]
original description (of Raia maculata Montagu, 1818) Montagu, G. (1818). An account of several new and rare species of fishes, taken on the south coast of Devonshire, with some remarks on some others of more common occurrence. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 2: 413-463. Pls. 21-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45848147 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 468 [details]
original description (of Raia maculata Montagu, 1818) Montagu, G. (1818). An account of several new and rare species of fishes, taken on the south coast of Devonshire, with some remarks on some others of more common occurrence. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 2: 413-463. Pls. 21-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45848147 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001
page(s): 468 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001
page(s): 468 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | gladde roggevlekte rog | [details] |
| English | spotted rayhomelyn ray | [details] |
| French | raie douce | [details] |
| German | gefleckter Rochengefleckter RocheFleckrochenFleckenrochen | [details] |
| Hebrew | תריסנית דלת קוצים | [details] |
| Lithuanian | Montegiu šlakuotoji raja | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Κηλιδόβατος | [details] |
| Norwegian | flekkskate | [details] |
| Polish | raja nakrapiana | [details] |
| Portuguese | raia pintada | [details] |
| Russian | пятнистый скат | [details] |
| Slovenian | pegasta raža | [details] |
| Spanish | raya pintada | [details] |
| Swedish | fläckrocka | [details] |
| Turkish | vatoz | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Скат Монтегю | [details] |
| Welsh | morgath fannog | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (109 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications) (from synonym Raia maculata Montagu, 1818)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja montagui)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (128 nucleotides; 110 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (109 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications) (from synonym Raia maculata Montagu, 1818)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja montagui)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (128 nucleotides; 110 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
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