Zearaja
| Zearaja | |
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| Zearaja nasuta by Joyce Allan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Zearaja Whitley, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Raja nasuta J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 | |
Zearaja is a small genus of skates in the family Rajidae. It currently consists of four described species found in oceans off New Zealand, Tasmania and southern South America.[1][2]
Species
[edit]There are four species in the genus:[3]
- Zearaja brevicaudata (Marini, 1933) (Short tail yellownose skate)
- Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) (Yellownose skate)
- Zearaja maugeana (Last & Gledhill, 2007) (Maugean skate)
- Zearaja nasuta (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (New Zealand rough skate)
References
[edit]- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Zearaja". FishBase.
- ↑ Last, P.R.; Weigman, S.; Yang, L. (2016). "Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)". In Last, P.R.; Yearsley, G.R. (eds.). Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication. pp. 11–34. ISBN 9781486308019.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Zearaja". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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