First record of Leucoraja circularis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean)

First record of Leucoraja circularis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean)

Abstract Sandy Skate, Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838), is recorded for first time from the Syrian marine waters. Two specimens of L. circularis were caught by bottom trawl at depth about 120 m on 20 February 2017, the first specimen was an immature female and the second an immature male; they mea...

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Main Authors: Hasan Alkusairy, Adib Saad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Marine Biodiversity Records
Subjects:
Sandy skate
First record
Morphometric
Syrian coast
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41200-018-0140-7
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spelling doaj-0ca47d5bcc244738a9f24e90b53b30c52020-11-25T00:35:29ZengBMCMarine Biodiversity Records1755-26722018-04-011111510.1186/s41200-018-0140-7First record of Leucoraja circularis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean)Hasan Alkusairy0Adib Saad1Marine Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen UniversityMarine Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen UniversityAbstract Sandy Skate, Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838), is recorded for first time from the Syrian marine waters. Two specimens of L. circularis were caught by bottom trawl at depth about 120 m on 20 February 2017, the first specimen was an immature female and the second an immature male; they measured 580 mm and 628 mm total length, and weighed 880 g and 1240 g, respectively. This capture represents the first documented record of the species in the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean) so further investigations should be made to detect new species along the Syrian coast.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41200-018-0140-7Sandy skateFirst recordMorphometricSyrian coast
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author Hasan Alkusairy
Adib Saad
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Adib Saad
First record of Leucoraja circularis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean)
Marine Biodiversity Records
Sandy skate
First record
Morphometric
Syrian coast
author_facet Hasan Alkusairy
Adib Saad
author_sort Hasan Alkusairy
title First record of Leucoraja circularis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean)
title_short First record of Leucoraja circularis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean)
title_full First record of Leucoraja circularis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean)
title_fullStr First record of Leucoraja circularis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean)
title_full_unstemmed First record of Leucoraja circularis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean)
title_sort first record of leucoraja circularis (chondrichthyes: rajidae) in the syrian marine waters (eastern mediterranean)
publisher BMC
series Marine Biodiversity Records
issn 1755-2672
publishDate 2018-04-01
description Abstract Sandy Skate, Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838), is recorded for first time from the Syrian marine waters. Two specimens of L. circularis were caught by bottom trawl at depth about 120 m on 20 February 2017, the first specimen was an immature female and the second an immature male; they measured 580 mm and 628 mm total length, and weighed 880 g and 1240 g, respectively. This capture represents the first documented record of the species in the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean) so further investigations should be made to detect new species along the Syrian coast.
topic Sandy skate
First record
Morphometric
Syrian coast
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41200-018-0140-7
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