| Taxon | Beringraja |
|---|---|
| Authority | Ishihara, Treloar, Bor, Senou & Jeong, 2012[1] |
| Type species | Raja binoculata |
| Type species authority | Girard, 1855[2] |
Beringraja is a genus of skates in the family Rajidae with up to six described species. Formerly, they were included in the genus Raja until 2012, when the genus Beringraja was erected for the two species which had multiple embryos per egg capsule.[1] Genetic evidence has led to four additional species being proposed for inclusion in the genus, although this issue has not be completely resolved.[3][4][5] These large skates are found in the North Pacific.[6]
Species
There are two species in this genus:[7]
- Beringraja binoculata (Girard, 1855) (Big skate)
- Beringraja pulchra (Liu, 1932) (Mottled skate)
References
- ^ Ishihara, H., Treloar, M., Bor, P.H.F., Senou, H. and Jeong, C.H. (2012). The comparative morphology of skate egg capsules (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes). Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 41: 9-25.
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- ^ "Chondrichthyan Tree of Life". Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ Last, P. R., S. Weigmann and L. Yang 2016. Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes). In: Last and Yearsley (eds.). Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication. 11-34.
- ^ Ebert, David A. (2022-10-04). "Caliraja gen. nov., a new skate genus (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the eastern North Pacific: Caliraja gen. nov., un nuevo género de rayas (Rajiformes: Rajidae) del este del Pacífico Norte". Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 57 (Especial). doi:10.22370/rbmo.2022.57.Especial.3209. ISSN 0718-1957
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