CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 031050 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Bathyraja arctowskii (Dollo, 1904)
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)
Parent Codes:	37 031902 Bathyraja spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-04-12.
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Expected species depth range is from 94 to 1685 m.

Taxon Notes:	Added based on CSIRO records from Prydz Bay, Antarctica (66 46 S, 72 36 E, 526-532m depth), identified by Will White November 2021 and NMNZ record from Australian Antarctica (66 29.80′ S, 78 19.20′ E, 790-972m depth) listed in Stehmann et al 2021. Outside of Australian waters, known from depths of 94-1685m (Stehmann et al 2021).

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Stehmann, Matthias F. W., Weigmann, Simon, Naylor, Gavin J. P., 2021. First complete description of the dark-mouth skate Raja arctowskii Dollo, 1904 from Antarctic waters, assigned to the genus Bathyraja (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae), Marine Biodiversity, Vol. 51. doi:10.1007/s12526-020-01124-1

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