2007•Journal of Fish BiologyOpen access

Abnormal hermaphroditism in the multispine skate Bathyraja multispinis (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae)

Lorena B. Scenna, J. M. D. Astarloa, María B. Cousseau

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A hermaphroditic individual of the multispine skate, Bathyraja multispinis, caught on the Argentinean continental shelf, is described. This is the first record of hermaphroditism in the genus Bathyraja and one of the very few hermaphroditic specimens reported in the Rajidae.

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Key concepts: Skate, Biology, Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Genus, Fishery, Zoology