Bathyraja

Bathyraja
Bathyraja abyssicola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Arhynchobatidae
Genus:	Bathyraja Ishiyama, 1958
Species
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Bathyraja is a large genus of skates in the family Arhynchobatidae.

Species

There are 56 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

• Bathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert, 1896) (Deep-sea skate)
• Bathyraja aguja (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) (Aguja skate)
• Bathyraja albomaculata (Norman, 1937) (White-dotted skate)
• Bathyraja aleutica (Gilbert, 1896) (Aleutian skate)
• Bathyraja andriashevi Dolganov, 1985 (Little-eyed skate)
• Bathyraja bergi Dolganov, 1983 (Bottom skate)
• Bathyraja brachyurops (Fowler, 1910) (Broadnose skate)
• Bathyraja chapmani Ebert, Alfaro-Shigueto, Velez-Zuazo, Pajuelo & Mangel, 2022[3] (Chapman's skate)
• Bathyraja cousseauae Díaz de Astarloa & Mabragaña, 2004 (Joined-fins skate)
• Bathyraja diplotaenia (Ishiyama, 1952) (Dusky-pink skate)
• Bathyraja eatonii (Günther, 1876) (Eaton's skate)
• Bathyraja fedorovi Dolganov, 1985 (Cinnamon skate)
• Bathyraja griseocauda (Norman, 1937) (Graytail skate)
• Bathyraja hesperafricana Stehmann, 1995 (West African skate)
• Bathyraja interrupta (Gill & Townsend, 1897) (Sandpaper skate)
• Bathyraja irrasa Hureau & Ozouf-Costaz, 1980 (Kerguelen sandpaper skate)
• Bathyraja ishiharai Stehmann, 2005
• Bathyraja isotrachys (Günther, 1877) (Raspback skate)
• Bathyraja kincaidii (Garman, 1908) (Sandpaper skate)
• Bathyraja leucomelanos Iglésias & Lévy-Hartmann, 2012[4] (Domino Skate)
• Bathyraja lindbergi Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 (Commander skate)
• Bathyraja longicauda (F. de Buen, 1959) (Slimtail skate)
• Bathyraja maccaini Springer, 1971 (McCain's skate)
• Bathyraja macloviana (Norman, 1937) (Patagonian skate)
• Bathyraja maculata Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 (White-blotched skate)
• Bathyraja magellanica (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1902) (Magellan skate)
• Bathyraja mariposa Stevenson, Orr, Hoff & McEachran, 2004 (Butterfly skate)
• Bathyraja matsubarai (Ishiyama, 1952) (Dusky-purple skate)
• Bathyraja meridionalis Stehmann, 1987 (Dark-belly skate)
• Bathyraja minispinosa Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 (Smallthorn skate)
• Bathyraja multispinis (Norman, 1937) (Multispine skate)
• Bathyraja murrayi (Günther, 1880) (Murray's skate)
• Bathyraja notoroensis Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 (Notoro skate)
• Bathyraja pallida (Forster, 1967) (Pale ray)
• Bathyraja panthera Orr, Stevenson, Hoff, Spies & McEachran, 2011[5] (Leopard skate)
• Bathyraja papilionifera Stehmann, 1985 (Butterfly skate)
• Bathyraja parmifera (Bean, 1881) (Alaska skate)
• Bathyraja peruana McEachran & Miyake, 1984 (Peruvian skate)
• Bathyraja richardsoni (Garrick, 1961) (Richardson's ray)
• Bathyraja scaphiops (Norman, 1937) (Cuphead skate)
• Bathyraja schroederi (Krefft, 1968) (Whitemouth skate)
• Bathyraja sexoculata Misawa, Orlov, Orlova, Gordeev & Ishihara, 2020[6]
• Bathyraja shuntovi Dolganov, 1985 (Longnose deep-sea skate)
• Bathyraja simoterus Ishiyama, 1967 (Hokkaido skate)
• Bathyraja smirnovi (Soldatov & Pavlenko, 1915) (Golden skate)
• Bathyraja smithii (Müller & Henle, 1841) (African softnose skate)
• Bathyraja spinicauda (Jensen, 1914) (Spinytail skate)
• Bathyraja spinosissima (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Spiny skate)
• Bathyraja trachouros (Ishiyama, 1958) (Eremo skate)
• Bathyraja taranetzi (Dolganov, 1983) (Mud skate)
• Bathyraja trachura (Gilbert, 1892) (Roughtail skate)
• Bathyraja tunae Stehmann, 2005
• Bathyraja tzinovskii Dolganov, 1985 (Creamback skate)
• Bathyraja violacea (Suvorov, 1935) (Okhotsk skate)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bathyraja". FishBase. February 2012 version.
2. Last, P.R., Stehmann, M.F.W., Séret, B. & Weigmann, S. (2016) Chapter 20. Softnose Skates, Family Arhynchobatidae. In: Last, P.R., White, W.T., de Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (Eds.), Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
3. Ebert, D. A.; Alfaro-shigueto, J.; Vélez-zuazo, X.; Pajuelo, M. & Mangel, J. C. (2022). "Bathyraja chapmani n. sp., a new deep-sea skate (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from the Southeast Pacific Ocean". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 39: 23–35. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7108880.
4. Iglésias, S.P. & Lévy-Hartmann, L. (2012): Bathyraja leucomelanos, a new species of softnose skate (Chondrichthyes: Arhynchobatidae) from New Caledonia. Ichthyological Research, 59 (1): 38–48. doi:10.1007/s10228-011-0254-y
5. Orr, J.W., Stevenson, D.E., Hoff, G.R., Spies, I. & McEachran, J.D. (2011): Bathyraja panthera, a new species of skate (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) from the western Aleutian Islands, and resurrection of the subgenus Arctoraja Ishiyama NOAA Professional Paper NMFS, 11: 50pp
6. Ryo Misawa, Alexei M Orlov, Svetlana Y Orlova, Ilya I Gordeev, Hajime Ishihara, Tomonori Hamatsu, Yuji Ueda, Kunihiro Fujiwara, Hiromitsu Endo, Yoshiaki Kai (2020).Bathyraja (Arctoraja) sexoculata sp. nov., a new softnose skate (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from Simushir Island, Kuril Islands (western North Pacific), with special reference to geographic variations in Bathyraja (Arctoraja) smirnovi. Zootaxa, 4861(4), 515–543. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4861.4.3