Dark-belly skate
| Dark-belly skate | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Bathyraja |
| Species: | B. meridionalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathyraja meridionalis Stehmann, 1987
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Bathyraja meridionalis, the dark-belly skate, is a species of skate from the western South Atlantic Ocean (Argentina and Uruguay).[1] It is an oviparous species; females lay eggs enclosed in a horny capsule.[2][3] Male specimens can reach 120 cm.[1]
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathyraja meridionalis". FishBase. November 2007 version.
- ^ Dulvy, N.K. and J.D. Reynolds, 1997. Evolutionary transitions among egg-laying, live-bearing and maternal inputs in sharks and rays. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. B: Biol. Sci. 264:1309-1315.
- ^ Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen, 1966. Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.