Slimeskate

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Slimeskate
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Dipturus
Species:
D. pullopunctatus
Binomial name
Dipturus pullopunctatus

The slimeskate (Dipturus pullopunctatus) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is found on soft bottoms of the outer shelf and upper slope on the coast of South Africa and Namibia. [2]

References

  1. Pollom, R.; Ebert, D.A.; Leslie, R.; Winker, H. (2020). "Dipturus pullopunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T44609A124435129. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T44609A124435129.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dipturus pullopunctatus". FishBase . April 2013 version.