Chondrichthyan or cartilaginous species, throughout the world, are found among fisheries
by-catch. In this study, 52 studies conducted between 1991 and 2018 in Turkish waters were …

Simple Summary Batoid species are cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays, but they
also include stingrays, electric rays, guitarfish, skates, and sawfish. These species are very …

Species belonging to the superorder Batoidea have been poorly assessed due to the lack of
information on their life history aspects and their limited economic value. This work presents …

This study provides baseline data on demersal fish assemblages in a heterogeneous but
little-studied portion of the shelf of Antalya Gulf. The distribution of fish abundances along …

Spatiotemporal distribution of batoids was studied from the samples collected monthly using
an Otter trawl during survey 2009–2011 and seasonally during survey 2014–2015 on the …

Data on the biology of Dasyatis pastinaca are absent from the Ionian Sea and only a few
studies were conducted in the Mediterranean Sea. Some biological and ecological aspects …

In this study, we determined the relationships between seven morphometric characters of
common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca) and the marbled stingray (Dasyatis marmorata) from …

The present paper reports the abundance and biomass of Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus,
1758) at various depth levels and seasons in the Gulf of Antalya, Mediterranean cost of …

The variations in abundance, biomass and length frequency of 811 individuals of
Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) according to the seasons, locations, and depth …

Background Currently, seven dasyatid species have been described in the Mediterranean
Sea: Bathytoshia lata, Dasyatis marmorata, Dasyatis pastinaca, Dasyatis tortonesei …