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Raja velezi
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Raja velezi

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Raja velezi
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Raja velezi
Raja binoculata
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Raja binoculata

Raja cortezensis
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Raja cortezensis
Raja cortezensis
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Raja cortezensis

Raja clavata
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Raja clavata
Raja clavata
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Raja clavata

Raja clavata
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Raja clavata
Raja clavata
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Raja clavata

Raja clavata
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Raja clavata
Raja clavata
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Raja clavata

Raja clavata
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Raja clavata
Raja clavata
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Raja clavata

Raja clavata
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Raja clavata
Raja clavata
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Raja clavata

Raja
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Raja
Kinds
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Overview
Main identification features
  • disc: front margin straight/convex
  • 2 dorsals; no c
  • snout rigid, not elongate
  • pelvics: 2 lobes, rear lobe larger
  • belly: mucous pores unpigmented
RAJA

SKATES

Rhomboidal disc with front margins straight to convex; snout rigid, not elongate; pelvic fin with 2 distinct lobes joined by membrane, rear lobe large; large spiracles behind eyes; 2 small dorsal fins at rear of tail; no tail fin; upper surface of disc largely free of denticles, present on rear borders of ventral side; mucous pores on underside of disc unpigmented; tail with one or more rows of thorns.

A circumglobal genus except for central Pacific, with 32 species; 6 are endemic to the eastern Pacific, 5 of them occurring in the TEP.


References
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