Breviraja

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Rajomorphii
Ordo: Rajiformes

Familia: Rajidae
Subfamilia: Rajinae
Genus: Breviraja
Species (5): B. claramaculata – B. colesi – B. mouldi – B. nigriventralis – B. spinosa
Name

Breviraja Bigelow & Schroeder 1948: 558

Type species: Breviraja colesi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Bigelow, H.B. & Schroeder, W.C. 1948. New genera and species of batoid fishes. Journal of Marine Research 7: 543–566.

Breviraja, commonly known as lightnose skates, is a genus of small skates in the family Rajidae. They are found in deep water of the western Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico.
Species

Breviraja claramaculata McEachran & Matheson, 1985 (Brightspot skate)
Breviraja colesi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 (Lightnose skate)
Breviraja marklei McEachran & Miyake, 1987 (Nova Scotia Skate)
Breviraja mouldi McEachran & Matheson, 1995 (Blacknose Skate)
Breviraja nigriventralis McEachran & Matheson, 1985 (Blackbelly skate)
Breviraja spinosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950 (Spinose skate)

References

"EOL Breviraja". 20 Feb 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.[permanent dead link]
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Breviraja in FishBase. February 2011 version.