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Arhynchobatidae
Domino skate
Bathyraja leucomelanos
Black and white wings like a domino in Coral Sea
Bathyraja leucomelanos, commonly known as domino skate, is a species of softnose skate, closely related to Bathyraja spinicauda. The complete range is not known, however the holotype specimen of B. leucomelanos was caught on the Coriolis Bank, off western New Caledonia in 2002. The male holotype specimen measures 888 millimetres (35 in) total length and 608 mm (24 in) across the disc.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Skates
- Family
- Arhynchobatidae
- Genus
- Bathyraja
- Maximum length
- 88.8 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Southwest Pacific: Coral Sea (off New Caledonia).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

