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GBIF·5216022speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderRajiformes
  5. ›familyRajidae
  6. ›genusRaja
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

rasptail skate

Raja velezi Chirichigno F., 1973

Also calledraya chillona (spa)

First described in: Chirichigno F., Norma. 1973. Neuvas especies de peces de los generos Mustelus (Fam. Triakidae), Raja (Fam. Rajidae) y Schedophilus (Fam. Centrolophidae). Informes Inst. Mar del Peru(42): 1-40.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5216022.