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Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Bloch, Marcus E. & J. G. Schneider. 1801. Systema ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Sanderiano Commissum, Berolini.: i-lx, 1-584, pls. 1-110.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Myliobatiformes
family
Dasyatidae
genus
Urogymnus
species
Urogymnus asperrimus

Name

Synonyms
Anacanthus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rachinotus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Raja africana Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Raja asperrima Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Rhachinotus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Urogymnosus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Urogymnus africana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Urogymnus aperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Urogymnus asperrimus solanderi Whitley, 1939
Urogymnus rhombeus Klunzinger, 1871
Homonyms
Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Common names
Porcupine ray in English
Raie africaine in French
porcupine ray in English
イバラエイ in Japanese
Porcupine Ray in English
porcupine ray in English
イバラエイ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  3. 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). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98.
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