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A new deep-sea ray from the Bay of Biscay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. R. Forster
G. R. Forster
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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A new species of Breviraja is described from a pair of fish caught by line at nearly 2500 m depth in the Bay of Biscay. Distinctive characters include: the sparse distribution of denticles and spines, small number of teeth, position and size of the orbits, and very pale dorsal surface.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , June 1967 , pp. 281 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1967

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