Bathyraja peruana McEachran & Miyake, 1984
Peruvian skate
Bathyraja peruana
photo by Elasmolab Universidad Austral de Chile

Family:  Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates)
Max. size:  110 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 243 - 1207 m
Distribution:  Southeast Pacific: Ecuador and Peru to southern Chile.
Diagnosis:  This species is distinguished by the following characters: the pectoral fin apices narrowly or abruptly rounded; the preorbital length times orbital length 2.41-3.40; preorbital length times interorbital length 1.02-1.17; interorbital space times orbit length 1.02-1.26; orbital length times spiracle length 1.16-1.78; pre-oral length times internarial length 1.24-1.34 (> 97.0 cm TL); tail thorns evenly spaced; dorsal disc surface and tail with finely textured denticles; teeth arranged in quincunx; predorsal tail vertebrae 64-71; pectoral-fin radial count 77-82 (Ref. 127873).
Biology:  Holotype taken from a depth of 980 m (Ref. 26282). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 February 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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