Richardson's ray

Richardson's ray
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)

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.[1] Their length can reach 1.75 m.[2] Dorsal and ventral surfaces of the disc are uniformly covered with dermal denticles, but lack thorns on the disc. The tail has 18 moderately sized thorns.[3]

References

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  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Bathyraja richardsoni" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
  2. Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey (1982). Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216987-8.
  3. McEachrun, J.D.; Miyake, T. (1984). "Comments on the skates of the tropical Eastern Pacific: One new species and three new records". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 97: 773–787.
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