Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (sharks and rays) >
Rajiformes (Skates and rays) >
Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates)
Etymology: Bathyraja: Greek, bathys = deep + Latin, raja, -ae = a ray (Raja sp) (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 243 - 1207 m (Ref. 127873). Deep-water; 6°S - 7°S
Southeast Pacific: Ecuador and Peru to southern Chile.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 110 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 127873)
Short description
Morfología | Morfometría
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).
Holotype taken from a depth of 980 m (Ref. 26282). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205).
McEachran, J.D. and K.A. Dunn, 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2):271-290. (Ref. 27314)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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