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Fanfin skate
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Pseudoraja
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1954
Species: P. fischeri
Binomial name
Pseudoraja fischeri
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1954

The fanfin skate (Pseudoraja fischeri) is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Pseudoraja. This pelagic skate occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida and through the Gulf of Mexico to Honduras.

References

  1. Crysler, Z.; Kyne, P.M.; Simpson, N.J.; Herman, K. (2020). "Pseudoraja fischeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161440A124485912. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161440A124485912.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudoraja fischeri


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