I'm looking to find the type specimens, if they still exist, for two species of skate found in the northwest Atlantic (Canada, US): Leucoraja ocellata Mitchill, 1815 (winter skate) and Leucoraja erinacea Mitchill, 1825 (little skate). Both were originally described in the genus Raja.
Try here: http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp
It seems the type material for these species are unknown.
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Thanks, Fernando, especially for the speedy reply. Bookmarking that site.
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Otto Gadig (here in RG) may be of great assistance in this matter. If the type material exists they're most probably deposited in a few places - as far as I remember since I worked there almost 20 years ago: Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, British Museum (Natural History), Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Best of luck,
JP
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