Zearaja chilensis

Taxonavigation: Rajiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Superordo: Rajomorphii Ordo: Rajiformes

Familia: Rajidae
Subfamilia: Rajinae
Genus: Zearaja
Species: Zearaja chilensis

Name

Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot, 1848)

• no types known.

Type locality: Chile.

Etymology: –ensis, suffix denoting place: Chile, type locality. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Raia chilensis Guichenot, 1848
  • Raja chilensis Guichenot, 1848
  • Dipturus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) -- McEachran & Dunn, 1998

Vernacular names

English: Yellownose Skate

References

• Belleggia, M., Andrada, N., Paglieri, S., Cortés, F., Massa, A.M., Figueroa, D.E. & Bremec, C. 2016. Trophic ecology of yellownose skate Zearaja chilensis, a top predator in the south-western Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology 88(3): 1070–1087. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12878 Reference page. 
• Guichenot, A. 1848. Fauna Chilena. Peces. Pp. 137–370. In: Gay, C.: Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología 2. Paris & Santiago. Reference page. 

Links

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

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