Malacoraja
| Malacoraja | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Smooth skate, Malacoraja senta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Malacoraja Stehmann, 1970 |
Malacoraja, or soft skates, is a small genus of skates in the family Rajidae. It currently consists of four described species as well as a possible undescribed species from the Indian Ocean.[1]
Species
- Malacoraja kreffti (Stehmann, 1978) (Krefft's skate)
- Malacoraja obscura M. R. de Carvalho, U. L. Gomes & Gadig, 2005 (Brazilian soft skate)
- Malacoraja senta (Garman, 1885) (Smooth skate)
- Malacoraja spinacidermis (Barnard, 1923) (Soft skate)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Malacoraja in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- ↑ Ebert, David A. & Sulikowski, James A.; Biology of Skates. Springer, 2009
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