Bathyraja cousseauae

Bathyraja cousseauae, also known as Cousseau's skate[1] or the joined-fins skate is a species of skate within the genus Bathyraja. The species is found in the Southwest Atlantic ocean.

Bathyraja cousseauae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Bathyraja
Species:
B. cousseauae
Binomial name
Bathyraja cousseauae
Díaz de Astarloa & Mabragaña, 2004[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 86 cm (34 in).[3]

Etymology

The species is named after Maria Berta Cousseau, a marine biologist who contributed to the understanding of marine fish in Argentina.[4]

References

  1. Dulvy, N.K.; Acuña, E.; Bustamante, C.; Cuevas, J.M.; Pompert, J. & Velez-Zuazo, X. (2021) [errata version of 2020 assessment]. "Bathyraja cousseauae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T63106A200321345. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T63106A200321345.en. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. Juan Martín Díaz de Astarloa & Ezequiel Mabragaña (May 5, 2004). "Bathyraja cousseauae sp.n.: A New Softnose Skate from the Southwestern Atlantic (Rajiformes, Rajidae)". Copeia. 2004 (2): 326–335.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Bathyraja cousseauae" in FishBase. August 2023 version.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE Fowler 1934 (Softnose Skates or Longtail Skates)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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