Arhynchobatidae

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.