Bathyraja bergi explained

Bathyraja bergi, the bottom skate, is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae found in the north-western Pacific Ocean. [1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Lev (also Leo) Semyonovich Berg (1876–1950).[2]

Notes and References

  1. McEachran, J.D. and K.A. Dunn, 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2):271-290.
  2. Web site: Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE Fowler 1934 (Softnose Skates or Longtail Skates) . 4 May 2023 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.

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