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Genus of cartilaginous fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pseudobatos is a genus of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.[1] Although its constituent species were previously assigned to Rhinobatos, recent authors treat it as distinct.[2][3]
Pseudobatos | |
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Pseudobatos productus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
Family: | Rhinobatidae |
Genus: | Pseudobatos Last, Seret, and Naylor, 2016 |
Type species | |
Raja percellens Walbaum, 1792 | |
Species | |
9, see text |
They are found in warmer coastal parts of the Americas, ranging from northern Chile to California (USA) on the Pacific side, and from northeastern Argentina to North Carolina (USA) on the Atlantic side. They are brownish or grayish above, and reach up to 70–170 cm (2.3–5.6 ft) depending on the exact species.[3]
There are nine currently recognized species in this genus:
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