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Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 108

publication ID

 https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001

persistent identifier

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scientific name

 Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 400 cm WD

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 5-100 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2d / 2021) Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Portugal to Ambriz, Angola. Juveniles and adults were observed along the coast of Gabon and caught by industrial trawlers and artisanal boats (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Myliobatiformes

Family

Gymnuridae

Genus

Gymnura

Specimens