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

References

  1. Ebert, David A. & Sulikowski, James A.; Biology of Skates. Springer, 2009
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