Maltese skate
Maltese skate | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
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
habitat loss
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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."[3]
References
- . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Guide of Mediterranean Skates and Rays (Leucoraja melitensis). Oct. 2022. Mendez L., Bacquet A. and F. Briand. http://www.ciesm.org/Guide/skatesandrays/leucoraja-melitensis
- ^ "Greenpeace International Seafood Red list". Greenpeace. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2023.