Taxonomic confusion and market mislabelling of threatened skates: Important consequences for their conservation status

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-333

  Iglésias, Samuel P ^a   Toulhoat, Lucile ^a   Sellos, Daniel Y ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Critically endangered; Dipturus batis; IUCN red list; Marketplace; Mislabelling; Overfishing; Rajids; Species resurrection; Taxonomic confusion

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY; OVERFISHING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RED LIST; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

DIPTURUS BATIS; LEUCORAJA ERINACEA; RAJIDAE; ROSTRORAJA ALBA;

EID: 77957228457     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1083     Document Type: Article

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