Zearaja

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]

Zearaja
Zearaja nasuta by Joyce Allan
Zearaja nasuta by Joyce Allan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Zearaja
Whitley, 1939

Species

There are four species in the genus:[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Zearaja in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. 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.


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