Bathyraja mariposa: A new species of skate (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) from the Aleutian Islands

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-314

  Stevenson, Duane E ^a   Orr, James W ^a   Hoff, Gerald R ^a   McEachran, John D ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLATFISH; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

ARHYNCHOBATINAE; BATHYRAJA; BATHYRAJA MARIPOSA; BATHYRAJA VIOLACEA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; RAJIDAE; RHINORAJA; RHINORAJA TARANETZI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2442623439     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CI-03-236R1     Document Type: Article

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