WoRMS taxon details
Raja maderensis Lowe, 1838
105884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105884)
accepted
Species
Raia maderensis Lowe, 1838 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lowe, R. T. (1838). A synopsis of the fishes of Madeira; with the principal synonyms, Portuguese names, and characters of the new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Raja maderensis Lowe, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105884 on 2026-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Lowe, R. T. (1838). A synopsis of the fishes of Madeira; with the principal synonyms, Portuguese names, and characters of the new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200. [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]
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
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Madeiran ray | [details] |
| German | Madeira-Rochen | [details] |
| Lithuanian | Madeirinė raja | [details] |
| Polish | raja Maderska | [details] |
| Spanish | raya de Madeira | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Скат мадерський | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Raia maderensis Lowe, 1838)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja maderensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raia maderensis Lowe, 1838)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Raia maderensis Lowe, 1838)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja maderensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raia maderensis Lowe, 1838)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To PESI
To ITIS
