Aguja skate

Aguja skate
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Subfamily: Rajidae
Genus: Bathyraja
Species: B. aguja
Binomial name
Bathyraja aguja
(Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)

The aguja skate (Bathyraja aguja) is a species of skate, a fish in the Rajidae subfamily. Little is known about this fish. It has not been collected since its discovery in the open seas off the coast of Peru in 1904.[1]

References

  1. Ishihara, H. & Huveneers, C. Bathyraja aguja. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2 February 2011.


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