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Amblyraja jenseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) 
AphiaID: 105864

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Rajidae (Family) > Amblyraja (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amblyraja Malm, 1877
Synonymised
taxa		  Raja jenseni Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.  [details]

additional source: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Jensen's skate  [details]
English shorttail skate  [details]
German Jensens Rochen  [details]
Lithuanian Jenseno raja  [details]
Norwegian BokmÃ¥l Jensenskate  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Jensenskate  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on small fishes and free swimming crustaceans  [details]

Distribution: Scotian shelf to Gulf of Maine [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Habitat: Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters.Found in warm waters from 366 to 3126m in depth . [details]

Reproduction: Unknown [details]
Images 
Amblyraja jenseni
Amblyraja jenseni
added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Daphne Themelis ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Amblyraja jenseni
Amblyraja jenseni
added on 2013-02-18 - author: Alexei Orlov ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105864
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Amblyraja jenseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105864 on 2013-06-18
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