Species FAO code: RDU

Dasyatis guttata

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
France	fr pastenague long nez fr pastenague fr raie	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Gillnets and similar nets

Gillnets and similar nets

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Dasyatis guttata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Dasyatis guttata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Scientific name

Dasyatis guttata

Author

(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Rank

Species

FAO code

RDU

Morphological description

Disc rhomboid. Blunt and close-set tubercles that clothe the midzone of disc. Snout in front of eyes about 1.4 times as long as distance between outer margins of orbits. Upper surface brown, sometimes yellowish or olivaceous. Lower surface pure or yellowish white, ventral tail fold and dorsal keel black (Ref. 6902).

Taxonomic classification

ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderMyliobatiformes
  - FamilyDasyatidae
    - GenusDasyatis
      - SpeciesDasyatis guttata

Synonyms

Dasyatis guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Trygon jabebara Müller & Henle, 1841
Raja tuberculata Lacepède, 1800
Raja guttata Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Trygon osteosticta Müller, 1835

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Dasyatis guttata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

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Dasyatis guttata

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Gillnets and similar nets

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest