Pavoraja alleni

Pavoraja alleni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Arhynchobatidae
Genus:	Pavoraja
Species:	P. alleni
Binomial name
	Pavoraja alleni; & , 1982

Pavoraja alleni, or Allen's skate, is a species of fish in the family Arhynchobatidae. It is bathydemersal and lives on soft bottoms of the continental shelf in depths from 304 to 458 metres (997 to 1,503 ft). It is native to Australia. Its maximum length is 35 centimetres (14 in). It lays egg capsules which have horn-like protections in each corner. As typical of rays, it does not guard its eggs.

Etymology[]

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Gerald R. Allen (b. 1942) of the Western Australia Museum (Perth), who furnished the authors with the specimens.^[1]

References[]

^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order RAJIFORMES (Skates)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

Sources[]

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2008). "Pavoraja alleni" in FishBase. November 2008 version.

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[ETYFish-1] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order RAJIFORMES (Skates)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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