Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 106

Bathytoshia lata (Garman, 1880)

Bathytoshia centroura (non Mitchill, 1815) [Misapplied for Gabon specimens�

Dasyatis centroura (non Mitchill, 1815) [Synonym of Bathytoshia centroura �

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 260 cm WD

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 40-357 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NT – Near threatened (A2d / 2021)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from southern France to Angola, including the Mediterranean Sea. Some specimens have been caught in Gabonese waters but erroneously named B. centroura (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).