Dactylobatus
Appearance
Dactylobatus | |
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Dactylobatus clarkii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rajiformes |
Family: | Rajidae |
Genus: | Dactylobatus B. A. Bean & A. C. Weed, 1909 |
Dactylobatus is a genus of skates in the family Rajidae. They are found in deep waters in the western Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to the United States, including the Gulf of Mexico.
Species
[edit]Two species are recognized in this genus:[1]
- Dactylobatus armatus B. A. Bean & A. C. Weed, 1909 (skillet skate)
- Dactylobatus clarkii (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958) (hook skate)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Dactylobatus in FishBase. October 2012 version.