Zearaja
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| Genus: | Zearaja Whitley, 1939
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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
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Zearaja". FishBase.
- ^ a b "Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)". Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication. 2016. pp. 11–34. ISBN 9781486308019.
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