Zearaja

Zearaja
Zearaja nasuta by Joyce Allan
Zearaja nasuta by Joyce Allan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Zearaja
Whitley, 1939

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

Tyere are four species in the genus:[2]

  • Zearaja argentinensis (Díaz de Astarloa, Mabragaña, Hanner & Figueroa, 2008) (Argentine 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

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Zearaja in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. 1 2 Last, P.R.; Weigman, S.; and Yang, L. (2016). "Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)". In Last, P.R.; and Yearsley, G.R. Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication. pp. 11–34. ISBN 9781486308019.


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