Butterfly skate

Bathyraja papilionifera

Deep holotype with sharply horned capsules

Butterfly skate is known from Southwest Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Skates
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Bathyraja
Maximum length: 68.1 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Southwest Atlantic: known from the type locality, off Argentina and Uruguay (Ref. 58839 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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