mud skate

Bathyraja taranetzi

Mud colored wings on Bering seabeds

Bathyraja taranetzi, the mud skate, is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae found in the north-western Pacific Ocean.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Skates
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Bathyraja
Maximum length: 70 cm
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (unconfirmed report from the Gulf of Alaska); to Pacific coast of Kamchatka and northern Kuril Is.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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