Bathyraja andriashevi

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Little-eyed skate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Bathyraja
Species:
B. andriashevi
Binomial name
Bathyraja andriashevi
Dolganov, 1983

Bathyraja andriashevi, the little-eyed skate, is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae found in the western Pacific Ocean. [2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 75.6 cm (29.8 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Soviet ichthyologist Anatoly Petrovich Andriashev (1910–2009).[4]

References

  1. ^ Dulvy, N.K.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Walls, R.H.L. & Yamaguchi, A. (2020). "Bathyraja andriashevi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161372A124473576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161372A124473576.en. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ McEachran, J.D. and K.A. Dunn, 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2):271-290.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Bathyraja andriashevi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE Fowler 1934 (Softnose Skates or Longtail Skates)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 May 2023.