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Abnormal hermaphroditism in the multispine skate Bathyraja multispinis (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae)
Author(s) -
Scenna L. B.,
Díazde Astarloa J. M.,
Cousseau M. B.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01586.x
Subject(s) - skate , biology , chondrichthyes , elasmobranchii , genus , fishery , zoology
A hermaphroditic individual of the multispine skate, Bathyraja multispinis , caught on the Argentinean continental shelf, is described. This is the first record of hermaphroditism in the genus Bathyraja and one of the very few hermaphroditic specimens reported in the Rajidae.