Biodiversity and systematics of skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Rajoidei)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 111-124

  Ebert, David A ^a   Compagno, Leonard J V ^b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Shark Research Center   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anacanthobatidae; Arhychobatidae; Checklist; Classification; Rajidae; Skates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY;

ANACANTHOBATIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; RAJIDAE; RAJIFORMES; RAJOIDEI;

EID: 34948889912     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9247-0     Document Type: Review

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