WoRMS taxon details
Malacoraja senta (Garman, 1885)
158554 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158554)
accepted
Species
Raja senta Garman, 1885 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Raja senta Garman, 1885) Garman, S. (1885). Notes and descriptions taken from selachians in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 8 (no. 482): 39-44. [details]
Distribution Newfoundland Banks and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey
Distribution Newfoundland Banks and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Malacoraja senta (Garman, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158554 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Raja senta Garman, 1885) Garman, S. (1885). Notes and descriptions taken from selachians in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 8 (no. 482): 39-44. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [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
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]





Unreviewed
Distribution Newfoundland Banks and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found on both mud and clay bottoms; confined to deep waters. [details]
Reproduction Oviparous; spawning time is unknown; horny egg capsules [details]
To Barcode of Life (94 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacoraja senta)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To FishBase images (Raja senta, by Garazo Fabregat, A.) (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To GenBank (10071 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To GenBank (10071 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malacoraja senta USNM 386068 radiograph)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacoraja senta)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To FishBase images (Raja senta, by Garazo Fabregat, A.) (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To GenBank (10071 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To GenBank (10071 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malacoraja senta USNM 386068 radiograph)
To ITIS