WoRMS name details
Raja texana Chandler, 1921
271584 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271584)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Raia texana Chandler, 1921 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Chandler, A. C. (1921). A new species of ray from the Texas coast, and report of the occurrence of a top minnow new to the fauna of eastern Texas. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 59 (2393): 657-658., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.59-2393.657 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Raja texana Chandler, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271584 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Chandler, A. C. (1921). A new species of ray from the Texas coast, and report of the occurrence of a top minnow new to the fauna of eastern Texas. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 59 (2393): 657-658., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.59-2393.657 [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
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Raia texana Chandler, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja texana)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia texana Chandler, 1921)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 366973_2)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 544103_1)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Raia texana Chandler, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja texana)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia texana Chandler, 1921)
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 366973_2)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL 544103_1)
To ITIS