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Bathyraja fedorovi

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Cinnamon skate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Bathyraja
Species:
B. fedorovi
Binomial name
Bathyraja fedorovi
Dolganov, 1983

Bathyraja fedorovi, the cinnamon skate, is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae found in the north-western Pacific Ocean. [2]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 73.3 cm (28.9 in).[3]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Soviet ichthyologist Vladimir Vladimirovich Fedorov (1939–2011), who collected the holotype specimen.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Dulvy, N.K., Dyldin, Y.V., Ebert, D.A., Herman, K., Ishihara, H., Jeong, C.-H., Semba, Y., Tanaka, S., Volvenko, I.V., Walls, R.H.L. & Yamaguchi, A. (2020). "Bathyraja fedorovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161623A124517037. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161623A124517037.en. Retrieved 21 December 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Dolganov, V.N., 1985. New species of skates of the family Rajdae from the northwestern Pacific Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 25(3):121-132.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathyraja fedorovi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE Fowler 1934 (Softnose Skates or Longtail Skates)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 May 2023.