Biology:Bathyraja bergi

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Short description: Species of fish

Bottom skate
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Bathyraja
Species:
B. bergi
Binomial name
Bathyraja bergi
Dolganov, 1983

Bathyraja bergi, the bottom skate, is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae found in the north-western Pacific Ocean. [2][3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Lev (also Leo) Semyonovich Berg (1876–1950).[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 bergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161722A124533622. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161722A124533622.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161722/124533622. Retrieved 21 December 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Bathyraja bergi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. "Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE Fowler 1934 (Softnose Skates or Longtail Skates)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/arhynchobatidae/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5024858 entry