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Breviraja
Sign in to saveBreviraja, commonly known as lightnose skates, is a genus of small skates in the family Rajidae. They are found in deep water of the western Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Breviraja, and connects out to Rajidae, Animalia and Chordata.
Vinony files it under Batomorphi genera, Rajiformes and Taxa named by Henry Bryant Bigelow.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Lightnose Skate
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderRajiformes
- FamilyRajidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Rajidae
- Collections
- LSUMZ, UWFC, UF, CAS, USNM, AUM
- Recorded in
- United States, Bahama Islands, Nicaragua, Indonesia, Micronesia
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- Breviraja
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- Category:Breviraja
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Breviraja, commonly known as lightnose skates, is a genus of small skates in the family Rajidae. They are found in deep water of the western Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico.
==Species== Breviraja claramaculata McEachran & Matheson, 1985 (Brightspot skate) Breviraja colesi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 (Lightnose skate) Breviraja mouldi McEachran & Matheson, 1995 (Blacknose Skate) Breviraja nigriventralis McEachran & Matheson, 1985 (Blackbelly skate) Breviraja spinosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950 (Spinose skate)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Breviraja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.