CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Elasmobranchii (class)  »  Rajiformes (order)  »  Arhynchobatidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 031049 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Bathyraja irrasa   Hureau & Ozouf-Costaz, 1980
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 31 Arhynchobatidae (Softnose Skates) - show full list Standard Name: [a softnose skate] Organism Type: a softnose skate Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Abyssal (2000m+) Parent Codes: 37 031902     Bathyraja spp.

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-03-03. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 190 to 2059 m.

Taxon Notes:	Added based on CSIRO specimens from off Heard Island in 190-1500 m depth. Nowara et al 2017 also recorded the species off Heard and McDonald Islands in the southern part of the Kerguelen Plateau (most abundant to the N and NW of Heard Island) to 2059 m depth.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234785 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-05-08 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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