dark-belly skate

Bathyraja meridionalis

Dark belly above horned egg capsules

Polar
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
South America
West Asia
Large
Cold-water fish

Bathyraja meridionalis, the dark-belly skate, is a species of skate from the western South Atlantic Ocean (Argentina and Uruguay). It is an oviparous species; females lay eggs enclosed in a horny capsule. Male specimens can reach 120 cm.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Skates
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Bathyraja
Maximum length: 120 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Southwest Atlantic: Argentina (Ref. 58839 ). Southern Ocean: South Georgia Island. Some Soviet records reported from near Balleny Island in the western Pacific sector indicate a circumglobal Southern Ocean distribution of this species.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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