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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderRajiformes
  5. ›familyRajidae
  6. ›genusRaja
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

equatorial skate

Raja equatorialis Jordan & Bollman, 1890

Also calledraya ecuatorial (spa)

First described in: Jordan, David S. & C. H. Bollman. 1890. Descriptions of new species of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and along the coast of the United States of Colombia, 1887-’88. In: Scientific results of exploration by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer “Albatross” (<Unspecified Agent>, ed.), : 149-183.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5216038.