Sexually Dimorphic Morphological Characters in Five North Atlantic Deepwater Skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)

Skates exhibit a variety of manifestations of sexual dimorphism. However, this phenomenon has been poorly documented in deepwater species. New data on the sexual dimorphism of five species of deepwater skates from the North Atlantic Ocean are presented: Amblyraja jenseni, Bathyraja pallida, Bathyraj...

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Main Authors: Alexei M. Orlov, Charles F. Cotton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Marine Biology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/842821

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