Fenestraja
Fenestraja is a genus of eight species of skate in the family Gurgesiellidae. They are found in deeper waters of the western Atlantic (including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico) and the Indian Ocean (east to Bali).[1]
| Fenestraja | |
|---|---|
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| Plain pygmy skate (Fenestraja ishiyamai) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Gurgesiellidae |
| Genus: | Fenestraja McEachran & Compagno, 1982 |
Species
- Fenestraja atripinna (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) (Blackfin pygmy skate)
- Fenestraja cubensis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) (Cuban pygmy skate)
- Fenestraja ishiyamai (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) (Plain pygmy skate)
- Fenestraja maceachrani (Séret, 1989) (Madagascar pygmy skate)
- Fenestraja mamillidens (Alcock, 1889) (Prickly skate)
- Fenestraja plutonia (Garman, 1881) (Pluto skate)
- Fenestraja sibogae (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Siboga skate)
- Fenestraja sinusmexicanus (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) (Gulf of Mexico pygmy skate)
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References
- Weigmann, S., Séret, B., Last, P.R. & McEachran, J.D. 2016. Pygmy Skates, Family Gurgesiellidae. Pp. 473–493 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 9780643109131. Reference page.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Fenestraja in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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