Bathyraja facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bathyraja
Bathyraja abyssicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
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:

• 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 (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 (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 (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
• 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)