Arhynchobatidae

deepwater skate

Bathyraja richardsoni

Thornless wings wearing denticles beyond two thousand meters

• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Globally widespread
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Other
• Large

Richardson's ray (Bathyraja richardsoni) is a skate of the family Arhynchobatidae, found in the Atlantic Ocean and around Cook Strait in New Zealand, at depths of from 1,300 to 2,500 m. Their length can reach 1.75 m. Dorsal and ventral surfaces of the disc are uniformly covered with dermal denticles, but lack thorns on the disc.