Bathyraja ishiharai, Abyssal skate

Bathyraja ishiharai Stehmann, 2005

Abyssal skate
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates)
Etymology: Bathyraja: Greek, bathys = deep + Latin, raja, -ae = a ray (Raja sp) (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Hajime Ishihara (d: 1950) is a Japanese ichthyologist and Environment Specialist who was connected with the Iraq Sea Line Project under JICA (Japan International Corporation Agency) and is now with W & I Associates Corporation, Fujisawa, Japan. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 2300 m (Ref. 75587). Deep-water; 32°S - 44°S, 109°E - 159°E (Ref. 114953)

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Eastern Indian Ocean: SW Australia (Naturalist Plateau), Tasmania and possibly the Lord Howe Rise (Tasman Sea) .

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 123 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 114953)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Known only from three specimens, caught from abyssal depths 2320 - 2800 m (Ref. 114953).

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Stehmann, M.F.W., 2005. Bathyraja ishiharai n. sp., a new deep-water skate from the eastern Indian Ocean on the Naturalist Plateau oof southwestern Australia. J. Ichthyol. 45(suppl. 1):39-57. (Ref. 75587)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 04 May 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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