Bathyraja fedorovi explained

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

Size

This species reaches a length of 73.3cm (28.9inches).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Soviet ichthyologist Vladimir Vladimirovich Fedorov (1939–2011), who collected the holotype specimen.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Dolganov, V.N., 1985. New species of skates of the family Rajdae from the northwestern Pacific Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 25(3):121-132.
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.