Gurgesiella
Gurgesiella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Rajiformes |
Family: | Gurgesiellidae |
Genus: | Gurgesiella F. de Buen, 1959 |
Gurgesiella is a genus of fish in the family Gurgesiellidae. These relatively small deep-water skates are found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans off South and Central America.[1]
Species[]
- Gurgesiella atlantica (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) (Atlantic pygmy skate)
- Gurgesiella dorsalifera & Compagno, 1980 (Onefin skate)
- Gurgesiella furvescens F. de Buen, 1959 (Dusky finless skate)
References[]
- ^ Weigmann, S., Séret, B., Last, P.R. & McEachran, J.D. 2016. Pygmy Skates, Family Gurgesiellidae. Pp. 473–493 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 9780643109131. Reference page.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Gurgesiella in FishBase. February 2011 version.
Categories:
- Gurgesiella
- Rajidae
- Ray genera
- Taxa named by Fernando de Buen y Lozano
- Rajiformes stubs