Bathyraja cousseauae
Díaz De Astarloa & Mabragaña, 2004
Joined-fins skate
Classification: Elasmobranchii Rajiformes Arhynchobatidae
Reference of the original description
Bathyraja cousseauae sp. n.: a new softnose skate from the southwestern Atlantic (Rajiformes, Rajidae). Copeia, 2004(2), 326–335
Bathyraja cousseauae sp. n.: a new softnose skate from the southwestern Atlantic (Rajiformes, Rajidae). Copeia, 2004(2), 326–335
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Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Bathyraja cousseaui
Bathyraja cousseaui
Description :
Citation: Bathyraja cousseauae Díaz De Astarloa & Mabragaña, 2004: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024
Common names
Raya Aletas Juntas, Joined-fins skate
Raya Aletas Juntas, Joined-fins skate
Short Description
This species is distinguished by having the following characters: a large and very distinct round pale area ocellus-like, margined with dark brown on posterior part of each pectoral base of the upper side of the disc; upper surface of disc fully covered with numerous small spinules, also on interorbital area, tail, dorsal fins, and posterior pelvic lobes; larger individuals with scattered spinules distributed in central parts of the disc; ocular thorns absent; continuous row of 21-27 median thorns from nuchal; region to first dorsal fin; males have elongated, slender rod-shaped claspers; dorsal fin densely spinulose close to the end of tail and with no space between them (Ref. 55502).
This species is distinguished by having the following characters: a large and very distinct round pale area ocellus-like, margined with dark brown on posterior part of each pectoral base of the upper side of the disc; upper surface of disc fully covered with numerous small spinules, also on interorbital area, tail, dorsal fins, and posterior pelvic lobes; larger individuals with scattered spinules distributed in central parts of the disc; ocular thorns absent; continuous row of 21-27 median thorns from nuchal; region to first dorsal fin; males have elongated, slender rod-shaped claspers; dorsal fin densely spinulose close to the end of tail and with no space between them (Ref. 55502).
Distribution
Southwestern Atlantic: Off northern Patagonian, off Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Southwestern Atlantic: Off northern Patagonian, off Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=503;
shark-references Species-ID=503;
Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Cestoda
Cestoda
- Acanthobothrium sp. [31906]
- Echeneibothrium cristinae Franzese, 2022 [30919] [31742] [31906]
- Echeneibothrium sp. [31906]
- Grillotia sp. [31906]