Dasyatidae

Biscoito, Manuel, Ribeiro, Cláudia & Freitas, Mafalda, 2018, Annotated checklist of the fishes of the archipelago of Madeira (NE Atlantic): I-Chondrichthyes, Zootaxa 4429 (3), pp. 459-494 : 480-482

Family Dasyatidae

Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880) —Ratão; Roughtail stingray ( Fig. 12 )

Günther 1870, 477 (as Trygon thalassia )

Fowler 1936: 126 | Albuquerque 1954 –56: 174 | Krefft & Stehmann 1973b: 71 | McEachran & Capapé 1984: 198 | Sanches 1986 | Lloris et al 1991: 225 | Wirtz et al. 2008: 4 | Ebert & Stehmann 2013: 396 | Carneiro et al. 2014: 16 (as Dasyatis centroura ).

Last et al. 2016a: 532

Distribution in Macaronesia. Madeira, Azores ( Santos et al. 1997; Porteiro et al. 2010), Canary Islands ( Brito et al. 2002; Brito Hernández & Sancho Rafel 2003) and the Cape Verde ( Reiner 1996, 2005; Wirtz et al. 2013; Hanel & John 2014).

Remarks. a female specimen from Madeira (BMNH 1931.5.6.) was confirmed by the first author. Wirtz et al., 2008 stated as not present in the MMF collection, but this record is confirmed by numerous underwater photos.

* Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758) —Ratão; Common stingray

Lowe 1838:196 | Noronha & Sarmento 1934: 125 and 145 (as Trygon pastinaca )

Fowler 1936: 128 | Noronha & Sarmento 1948: 122 | Maul 1948: 140, 42 | Nunes 1953: 201 | Albuquerque 1954 –56: 172| Krefft & Stehmann 1973b: 70 | McEachran & Capapé 1984: 199 | Sanches 1986: 174 | Lloris et al. 1991: 225 | Wirtz et al. 2008: 4 | Ebert & Stehmann 2013:397 | Carneiro et al. 2014: 16 | Almada et al. 2015: 4.

Distribution in Macaronesia. Madeira, Azores ( Santos et al. 1997; Arruda 1997; Porteiro et al. 2010), Canary Islands ( Brito et al. 2002; Brito Hernández & Sancho Rafel 2003) and Cape Verde ( Reiner 1996, 2005; Wirtz et al. 2013; Hanel & John 2014).

Remarks. specimen preserved in BMNH collections (1898.1.26.45-46) and three formalin preserved specimens in MMF collections (dated from 1993 and 94). Maul (1948) refers as frequent all year and coastal, which is confirmed by the authors.

* Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832) —No common name in Madeira, Pelagic stingray

Biscoito & Wirtz 1994: 2 (as Dasyatis violacea )

Wirtz et al. 2008: 4 (as Pteryplatytrygon violacea sic)

Ebert & Stehmann 2013: 399 | Carneiro et al. 2015: 16.

Distribution in Macaronesia. Madeira, Azores ( Santos et al. 1997; Arruda 1997; Porteiro et al. 2010), Canary Islands ( Brito et al. 2002; Brito Hernández & Sancho Rafel 2003) and Cape Verde ( Hanel & John 2014).

Remarks. three formalin preserved specimens in MMF collections (MMF 25298–25300), all dated from 1990.

* Taeniurops grabatus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817)—Ratão; Round stingray

Biscoito & Wirtz 1994: 2 | Wirtz et al. 2008: 5 | Carneiro et al. 2014: 16 | Almada et al. 2015: 4 (as Taeniura grabata )

Distribution in Macaronesia. Madeira, Azores ( Santos et al. 1997; Arruda 1997; Porteiro et al. 2010;

Carneiro et al. 2014), Canary Islands ( Brito et al. 2002; Brito Hernández & Sancho Rafel 2003) and Cape Verde ( Reiner 1996, 2005; Monteiro et al. 2008; Wirtz et al. 2013; Hanel & John 2014).

Remarks. one formalin preserved specimen in MMF collections (MMF 28784) dated from 1997.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Bathytoshia lata. Underwater photograph of a specimen with approximately 1000 mm DL, taken at Cais do Carvão, Funchal, on 02/09/2016. Photographed by Pedro Neves.