Butterfly skate can refer to any of three species of skate:
- Bathyraja papilionifera, a species of skate found in the Southwest Atlantic.[1]
- Leucoraja naevus, a species of skate, also known as the Cuckoo ray, found in the Eastern Atlantic.[2]
- Bathyraja mariposa, a species of skate found off the coast of Alaska, especially the Aleutian Islands. [3]
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathyraja papilionifera". FishBase. February 2009 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leucoraja naevus". FishBase. February 2009 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathyraja mariposa". FishBase. February 2009 version.
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