Zearaja is a small genus of skates in the family Rajidae. It currently consists of four described species found in oceans off New Zealand, Tasmania and southern South America.[1][2]
| Zearaja | |
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| Zearaja nasuta by Joyce Allan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Zearaja Whitley, 1939 |
Species edit
There are four species in the genus:[2]
- Zearaja argentinensis (Díaz de Astarloa, Mabragaña, Hanner & Figueroa, 2008) (Argentine skate)
- Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) (Yellownose skate)
- Zearaja maugeana (Last & Gledhill, 2007) (Maugean skate)
- Zearaja nasuta (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (New Zealand rough skate)
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Zearaja in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ^ a b Last, P.R.; Weigman, S.; Yang, L. (2016). "Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)". In Last, P.R.; Yearsley, G.R. (eds.). Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication. pp. 11–34. ISBN 9781486308019.
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