Gurgesiella

Gurgesiella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Superorder:	Batoidea
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Gurgesiellidae
Genus:	Gurgesiella; F. de Buen, 1959

Gurgesiella is a genus of fish in the family Gurgesiellidae. These relatively small deep-water skates are found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans off South and Central America.^[1]

Species

Gurgesiella atlantica (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) (Atlantic pygmy skate)
Gurgesiella dorsalifera McEachran & Compagno, 1980 (Onefin skate)
Gurgesiella furvescens F. de Buen, 1959 (Dusky finless skate)

References

↑ Weigmann, S., Séret, B., Last, P.R. & McEachran, J.D. 2016. Pygmy Skates, Family Gurgesiellidae. Pp. 473–493 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 9780643109131. Reference page.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Gurgesiella in FishBase. February 2011 version.

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[1] Weigmann, S., Séret, B., Last, P.R. & McEachran, J.D. 2016. Pygmy Skates, Family Gurgesiellidae. Pp. 473–493 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 9780643109131. Reference page.

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