Fenestraja
| Fenestraja | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Plain pygmy skate ( Fenestraja ishiyamai ) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Gurgesiellidae |
| Genus: | Fenestraja McEachran & Compagno, 1982 |
Fenestraja is a small genus of eight species of skate in the family Gurgesiellidae found in deeper waters of the West Atlantic (including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico) and Indian Ocean (east to Bali).[1]
Species
- Fenestraja atripinna (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) (Blackfin pygmy skate)
- Fenestraja cubensis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) (Cuban pygmy skate)
- Fenestraja ishiyamai (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) (Plain pygmy skate)
- Fenestraja maceachrani (Séret, 1989) (Madagascar pygmy skate)
- Fenestraja mamillidens (Alcock, 1889) (Prickly skate)
- Fenestraja plutonia (Garman, 1881) (Pluto skate)
- Fenestraja sibogae (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Siboga skate)
- Fenestraja sinusmexicanus (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) (Gulf of Mexico pygmy skate)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Fenestraja in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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