Bathyraja parmifera

Taxonavigation: Synodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Section: Aulopa Ordo: Aulopiformes Subordo: Synodontoidei

Familia: Synodontidae
Genus: Saurida
Species: Bathyraja parmifera

Name

Bathyraja parmifera (Bean, 1881)

• Holotype (unique): USNM 27651.

Type locality: Iliuliuk, Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, U.S.A.

Etymology: From parma (= shield), and fero (= to bear), probably referring to median row of large spines on back and tail (From The ETYFish Project).

Synonyms

• Raia parmifera Bean, 1881
• Raia obtusa Gill & Townsend, 1897
• Raia rosispinis Gill & Townsend, 1897

Vernacular names

English: Alaska Skate

References

• Bean, T.H. 1881. Descriptions of new fishes from Alaska and Siberia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 4(210): 144–159. BHLReference page. 
• Matta, M. E., 2015: Reproductive biology of the Alaska skate Bathyraja parmifera, with comments on an intersexual individual. Journal of Fish Biology, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12747

Links

• Bathyraja parmifera in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Bathyraja parmifera in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.