Breviraja nigriventralis
| Breviraja nigriventralis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Breviraja |
| Species: | B. nigriventralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Breviraja nigriventralis McEachran & Matheson, 1985[1] | |
The blackbelly skate (Breviraja nigriventralis) is a bathydemersal[2] species of ray in the Rajidae family. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.[3]
References
- Eol.org Retrieved on February 8, 2011.
- Compagno, Leonard J. V. and Hamlett, William C., ed. (1999). Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore: USA. ISBN 0-8018-6048-2.
- McEachran, John D., and Katherine A. Dunn. (1998). "Phylogenetic Analysis of Skates, a Morphologically Conservative Clade of Elasmobranchs" (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia, vol. 1998, no. 2. pp. 271–290. ISBN/ISSN 0045-8511.M
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