Pavoraja Nitida

	Pavoraja Nitida ''Pavoraja nitida'', commonly known as the peacock skate, is a species of fish in the family Arhynchobatidae. It lives near the soft bottoms of the continental shelf A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during glacial periods. The shelf surrounding an island ... near the coasts of southeastern Australia in depths ranging from 30 to 390 metres. It produces oblong egg capsules which have stiff horns in each corner and lays them in sandy or muddy flats. Its maximum size is 36.8 cm. References * Pavoraja Marine fish of Southern Australia Marine fish of Tasmania Fish described in 1880 Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Rajiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Albert Günther Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Early life and career Günther was born in Esslingen in Swabia (Württemberg). His father was a ''Stiftungs-Commissar'' in Esslingen and his mother was Eleonora Nagel. He initially schooled at the Stuttgart Gymnasium. His family wished him to train for the ministry of the Lutheran Church for which he moved to the University of Tübingen. A brother shifted from theology to medicine, and he, too, turned to science and medicine at Tübingen in 1852. His first work was "''Ueber den Puppenzustand eines Distoma''". He graduated in medicine with an M.D. from Tübingen in 1858, the same year in which he published a handbook of zoology for students of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Arhynchobatidae Arhynchobatidae is a family of skates and is commonly known as the softnose skates. It belongs to the order Rajiformes in the superorder Batoidea of rays. At least 104 species have been described, in 13 genera. Softnose skates have at times been placed in the same family as hardnose skates, but most recent authors recognize them as a distinct family. Members of the Arhynchobatidae can be distinguished from hardnose skates in having a soft and flexible snout, as well as a more or less reduced rostrum. Genera The 13 recognized genera of softnose skates are: * '' Arhynchobatis'' * '' Atlantoraja'' * ''Bathyraja'' * '' Brochiraja'' * '' Insentiraja'' * '' Irolita'' * '' Notoraja'' * ''Pavoraja'' * ''Psammobatis'' * ''Pseudoraja'' * '' Rhinoraja'' * ''Rioraja The Rio skate (''Rioraja agassizii'') is a shallow water skate native to the Atlantic coast of South America from Brazil to southern Argentina. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Rioraja''. Named in honor of zool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Continental Shelf A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during glacial periods. The shelf surrounding an island is known as an ''insular shelf''. The continental margin, between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain, comprises a steep continental slope, surrounded by the flatter continental rise, in which sediment from the continent above cascades down the slope and accumulates as a pile of sediment at the base of the slope. Extending as far as 500 km (310 mi) from the slope, it consists of thick sediments deposited by turbidity currents from the shelf and slope. The continental rise's gradient is intermediate between the gradients of the slope and the shelf. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the name continental shelf was given a legal definition as the stretch of the seabed adjacent to the shores of a par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pavoraja ''Pavoraja'' is a genus of skates in the family Arhynchobatidae from deeper waters off Australia. Description ''Pavoraja'' are relatively small skates. The disc is semi-oval to heart-shaped. The snout has a small fleshy process at the tip. Species There are six species: '' Pavoraja alleni'' McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982 (Allen's skate) '' Pavoraja arenaria'' Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008 (Sandy skate) '' Pavoraja mosaica'' Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008 (Mosaic skate) '' Pavoraja nitida'' ( Günther, 1880) (Peacock Skate) ''Pavoraja pseudonitida'' Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008 (False peacock skate) '' Pavoraja umbrosa'' Last, Mallick & Yearsley Yearsley is a small village and civil parish in the district of Hambleton in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish was less than 100 at the 2011 Census. Details are included in the civil parish of Brandsby-cum-Stearsby. ..., 2008 (Dusky skate) References Anacanthobatidae Ray genera Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marine Fish Of Southern Australia Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (other) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * Marines, a naval-based infantry force United States Marine Corps Royal Marines of the UK Brazilian Marine Corps Spanish Marine Infantry Fusiliers marins (France) Indonesian Marine Corps Republic of China Marine Corps Republic of Korea Marine Corps ** Royal Thai Marine Corps "Marine" also means "navy" in several languages: * Austro-Hungarian Navy () Belgian Navy (, , ) Royal Canadian Navy () * Provincial Marine (1796–1910), a predecessor to the Royal Canadian Navy Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo () Royal Danish Navy () Finnish Navy (, ) French Navy () Gabonese Navy () German Navy () Royal Moroccan Navy () Royal Netherlands Navy () Swedish Navy () Places * Marine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marine Fish Of Tasmania Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (other) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * Marines, a naval-based infantry force United States Marine Corps Royal Marines of the UK Brazilian Marine Corps Spanish Marine Infantry Fusiliers marins (France) Indonesian Marine Corps Republic of China Marine Corps Republic of Korea Marine Corps ** Royal Thai Marine Corps "Marine" also means "navy" in several languages: * Austro-Hungarian Navy () Belgian Navy (, , ) Royal Canadian Navy () * Provincial Marine (1796–1910), a predecessor to the Royal Canadian Navy Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo () Royal Danish Navy () Finnish Navy (, ) French Navy () Gabonese Navy () German Navy () Royal Moroccan Navy () Royal Netherlands Navy () Swedish Navy () Places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Fish Described In 1880 Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of living fish species are ray-finned fish, belonging to the class Actinopterygii, with around 99% of those being teleosts. The earliest organisms that can be classified as fish were soft-bodied chordates that first appeared during the Cambrian period. Although they lacked a true spine, they possessed notochords which allowed them to be more agile than their invertebrate counterparts. Fish would continue to evolve through the Paleozoic era, diversifying into a wide variety of forms. Many fish of the Paleozoic developed external armor that protected them from predators. The first fish with jaws appeared in the Silurian period, after which many (such as sharks) became formidable marine predators rather than just the prey of arthropods. Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]