Biology:Fanfin skate

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Short description: Species of cartilaginous fish

Fanfin skate
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Pseudoraja
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1954
Species:
P. fischeri
Binomial name
Pseudoraja fischeri
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1954

The fanfin skate (Pseudoraja fischeri) is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Pseudoraja. This pelagic skate occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida and through the Gulf of Mexico to Honduras.

References

  1. Crysler, Z.; Kyne, P.M.; Simpson, N.J.; Herman, K. (2020). "Pseudoraja fischeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161440A124485912. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161440A124485912.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161440/124485912. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 

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