Maltese skate
| Maltese skate | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Leucoraja |
| Species: | L. melitensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucoraja melitensis (R. S. Clark, 1926)
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The Maltese skate (Leucoraja melitensis) or Maltese ray, is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea off the coasts of Algeria, Italy, Malta, and Tunisia. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sustainable consumption[]
In 2010, Greenpeace International added the Maltese skate (Leucoraja melitensis) to its seafood red list. "The Greenpeace International seafood red list is a list of fish that are commonly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries."[2]
References[]
- ^ Dulvy, N.; Walls, R. (2015). "Leucoraja melitensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T61405A48954483. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T61405A48954483.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Greenpeace International Seafood Red list
Sources[]
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Leucoraja
- Fish of the Mediterranean Sea
- Marine fauna of North Africa
- Fauna of Malta
- Fish of North Africa
- Critically endangered fish
- Critically endangered fauna of Africa
- Critically endangered biota of Europe
- Fish described in 1926
- Rajiformes stubs