Author: Stehmann, 1977

Raja (Malacoraja) kreffti Stehmann, 1977

Diagnosis: snout short, its tip only somewhat pronounced; disc heartshaped, outer corners greatly rounded, front margins nearly straight in adult males. Upper surface entirely spinulose with fine, close-set prickles, spinules on midline of body and on tail (including sides) stronger and hooked. Several very small thorns in front and 2 behind each eye; typically, no thorns behind level of shoulder and on tail; dorsal fins confluent; underside spinulose only on edges of tail. Colour: upper surface plain greyish-white; underside the same. Size: probably to about 70 cm TL.

Habitat: benthic (only the male holotype from 1,200 m known). Food: no data. Reproduction: oviparous, but no data.

Distribution: only specimen from the north-western slope of Bill Bailey's Bank (61° 08' N, 11° 26' W).

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Chondrichthyes
Superorder Hypotremata
Family Rajidae
Genus Raja
Species Raja kreffti

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Synonym of Malacoraja kreffti (Stehmann, 1977)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Raja (Malacoraja) kreffti Stehmann, 1977

Synonyms:

Raja (Malacoraja) kreffti Stehmann, 1977
Raja kreffti Stehmann, 1977, Arch. Fisch. Wiss. 28 (2/3): 77-93, fig. 1-9 (NW slope Bill Bailey's Bank). Holotype ISH 748/74.

Common names :

Krefft's ray [En]
Raie de Krefft [Fr]
Raya de Krefft [Es]

Stehmann, M. 1977. Ein neuer archibenthaler Roche aus dem Nordostatlantik, Raja kreffti spec. nov. (Elastobranchii, Batoidea, Rajidae), die zweite Spezies im Subgenus Malacoraja Stehmann, 1970.Arch. FischWiss. 28 (2/3): 77-93, fig. 1-9.

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