Rhinoptera marginata

Rhinoptera marginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Rhinopteridae
Genus: Rhinoptera
Species:
R. marginata
Binomial name
Rhinoptera marginata

Rhinoptera marginata, the Lusitanian cownose ray, is a species of ray found along the western coast of Africa and Mediterranean Sea. It is apparently rare in the Mediterranean Sea, but is common in shallow waters off the western Africa.[2]

In February 2024, the species was added to the appendices of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, with the species added to Appendix II, and the Mediterranean Sea population of the same species added to Appendix I.

  1. ^ Jabado, R.W., Chartrain, E., De Bruyne, G., Derrick, D., Dia, M., Diop, M., Doherty, P., Dossa, J., Ducrocq, M., Leurs, G.H.L., Metcalfe, K., Porriños, G., Seidu, I., Soares, A.-L., Tamo, A., VanderWright, W.J. & Williams, A.B. (2021). "Rhinoptera marginata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161463A49318282. Retrieved 22 October 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ IUCN Red List