Morphological description of deepwater skate Bathyraja trachura from the North-West Pacific
https://doi.org/10.26428/1606-9919-2021-201-595-599
Abstract
Morphological description is given for deepwater skates Bathyraja trachura caught in the North-West Pacific in 1980–1989, both juveniles and adults. Counts for vertebras, pectoral fin, teeth rows, and intestinal valves are presented.
About the Author
V. N. DolganovRussian Federation
Dolganov Vladimir N., D.Biol., leading researcher, Institute of Marine Biology
Vladivostok, 690041
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Dolganov V.N. Morphological description of deepwater skate Bathyraja trachura from the North-West Pacific. Izvestiya TINRO. 2021;201(3):595-599. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26428/1606-9919-2021-201-595-599