Breviraja

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Breviraja
Spinose skate ( Breviraja spinosa ).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus:Breviraja
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948

Breviraja (lightnose skates) is a genus of small skates in the Rajidae family found in deep water of the West Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico.

Skate (fish) family of fishes

Skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays. More than 150 species have been described, in 17 genera. Softnose skates and pygmy skates were previously treated as subfamilies of Rajidae, but are now considered as distinct families. Alternatively, the name "skate" is used to refer to the entire order of Rajiformes.

Gulf of Mexico An Atlantic Ocean basin extending into southern North America

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Species

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Breviraja nigriventralis, commonly known as the blackbelly skate, is a bathydemersal species of ray in the family Rajidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, in depths of 549 – 776 meters. Male blackbelly skates can grow up to 40 centimetersin length.

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References

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