Longnose deep-sea skate

Longnose deep-sea skate
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Bathyraja
Species: B. shuntovi
Binomial name
Bathyraja shuntovi
Dolganov, 1985

Bathyraja shuntovi or the longnose deep-sea skate is a large Arhynchobatid skate in the genus Bathyraja. It was first described in 1985 from specimens collected near New Zealand.[2] It is known to be a deep-water skate, however lack of research trawls at depths past 1500 meters limits knowledge of the depths where the species can be found. The species is dark brown or grey, with an eponymous elongated snout. The species has been measured to be a maximum of 140 cm in total length, although size variation and growth patterns are not known.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Francis, M. & McCormack, C (2008). "Bathyraja shuntovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 Jan 2018.
  2. ↑ Iglésias, Samuel Paco; Lévy-Hartmann, Lauriana (2012). "Bathyraja leucomelanos, a new species of softnose skate (Chondrichthyes: Arhynchobatidae) from New Caledonia". Ichthyological Research. 59 (1): 38–48. doi:10.1007/s10228-011-0254-y.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Bathyraja shuntovi" in FishBase. Jan 2018 version.


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