Arhynchobatidae
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Bathyraja abyssicola
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae Fowler, 1934 |
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Arhynchobatidae is a family of skates whose members are commonly known as the softnose skates. It belongs to the order Rajiformes in the superorder
hardnose skates, but most recent authors recognize them as a distinct family.[1][2][3][4] Members of the Arhynchobatidae can be distinguished from hardnose skates in having a soft and flexible snout, as well as a more or less reduced rostrum.[5]
Genera
The 13 recognized genera of softnose skates are:[6]
- Arhynchobatis
- Atlantoraja
- Bathyraja
- Brochiraja
- Insentiraja
- Irolita
- Notoraja
- Pavoraja
- Psammobatis
- Pseudoraja
- Rhinoraja
- Rioraja
- Sympterygia
Conservation
In 2010, Greenpeace International added the spotback skate to its seafood red list. "The Greenpeace International seafood red list is a list of fish that are commonly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries."[7]
References
- ^ MCEACHRAN, J.D. & DUNN, K.A. & MIYAKE, T. (1996) Interrelationships of the batoid fishes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidei). In: M.L.J. Stiassny, L.R. Parenti & G.D. Johnson, eds. Interrelationships of fishes. Academic Press, San Diego, London: 63–84, figs 1–13
- ^ MCEACHRAN, J.D. & DUNN, K.A. (1998) Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranches (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia, 1998 (2): 271–290
- ^ EBERT, D.A. (2003) The Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras of California. University California Press, Berkeley, CA. 284 pp.
- ^ LAST, P.R. & STEHMANN, M.F.W. & SÉRET, B. & WEIGMANN, S. (2016) Softnose Skates, Family Arhynchobatidae. In: Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W & Naylor, G.J.P (Eds.) Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne: 364–472.
- ^ COMPAGNO, L.J.V. (1999) Chapter 1. Systematics and body form. pp. 1–42. In: W.C. Hamlett, ed. Sharks, skates and rays. The biology of elasmobranch fishes. Johns Hopkins Press, Maryland.
- ISBN 9780643109148.
- ^ Greenpeace International Seafood Red list
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