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Leucoraja longirostris, Brown longnose skate : fisheries
分類 / 名稱 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Elasmobranchii 板鰓亞綱 (鯊魚與魟魚) (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) 鰩目 (Skates and rays) > Rajidae (Skates) 鰩科 (Skates)
Etymology: Leucoraja:Greek, leykos = white + Latin, raja = a fish, Raja sp. (Ref. 45335); longirostris:Name from Latin 'longus' = long and 'rostrum' = stiff snout; referring to the distinct long and pointed snout.
The species is distinguished from all its congeners by its remarkably long and acutely angled
snout, with horizontal preorbital length 17.2-–22.6% TL (vs. 8.5-11.9% TL) and 4.2-6.1 (vs. 1.7-3.5) times orbit length, snout angle 65-85? (vs. 90-150?); with plain dorsal coloration; with an external clasper component dike; with four dorsal terminal (dt) cartilages (Ref. 131089).
Cross section: flattened.
Weigmann, S., M.F.W. Stehmann, B. Séret and H. Ishihara, 2024. Description of a remarkable new skate species of Leucoraja Malm, 1877 (Rajiformes, Rajidae) from the Southwestern Indian Ocean: introducing 3D modeling as an innovative tool for the visualization of clasper characters. Biology 13:1-46. (Ref. 131089)
