Arhynchobatidae

Spiny skate

Bathyraja spinosissima

White wings nearing three thousand meters deep

• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Large

The Pacific white skate (Bathyraja spinosissima) is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae. It is one of the deepest-living of all skates, occurring at a depth of 800 to 2,906m (2,600 and 9,500 feet) on the continental slope. It is native to the southeast Pacific Ocean from the Galapagos Islands to off Waldport, Oregon; an egg case and embryo have been collected from the Farallon Islands off San Francisco.