WoRMS taxon details
Raja polystigma Regan, 1923
105888 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105888)
accepted
Species
Raia polystigma Regan, 1923 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Regan, C. T. (1923). A new ray from the Mediterranean. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 11 (no. 64) (art. 56): 529-530. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Raja polystigma Regan, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105888 on 2025-11-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Regan, C. T. (1923). A new ray from the Mediterranean. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> v. 11 (no. 64) (art. 56): 529-530. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | speckled ray | [details] |
| German | Vielfleckrochen | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Στικτόβατος | [details] |
| Polish | raja plamista | [details] |
| Spanish | raya manchada | [details] |
| Turkish | vatoz | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Скат крапчастий | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (62 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja polystigma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raia polystigma Regan, 1923)
To GenBank (132 nucleotides; 113 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja polystigma)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raia polystigma Regan, 1923)
To GenBank (132 nucleotides; 113 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
