Amblyraja

Amblyraja is a genus of skates that primarily are found in the Atlantic, but species also occur in the East and North Pacific, the Arabian Sea, the sub-Antarctic, and off Southern Australia and New Zealand.

Amblyraja
Broad skate (A. badia)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Amblyraja
Malm, 1877
Type species
Raja radiata
Donovan, 1808

Species

Ten recognized species are placed in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Amblyraja in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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