Richardson's ray
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| Richardson's ray | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Bathyraja |
| Species: | B. richardsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathyraja richardsoni (Garrick, 1961) |
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Richardson's ray, Bathyraja richardsoni, is a skate of the family Rajidae, found in the Atlantic and around Cook Strait in New Zealand, at depths of from 1,300 to 2,500 m. Their length is up to 1.75 m.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Bathyraja richardsoni" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
