Biology:Bathyraja maculata
| Bathyraja maculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Bathyraja |
| Species: | B. maculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathyraja maculata Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977
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Bathyraja maculata, the white-blotched skate, is a species of skate from the western North Pacific Ocean.[1] An adult is approximately 1 meter in length, and is found at depths of up to 1 kilometer.[2] Unlike any other known member of the genus Bathyraja, the white-blotched skate has white blotches on a grey to brown dorsal surface, while the ventral side is lighter in color with darker blotches. Dorsal side is rough with spines, while the ventral side is smooth.[3]
Range
The white-blotched skate is well established to inhabit waters in the Northern Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk and Aleutian Islands. It was the most commonly caught skate in a NOAA bottom-trawl survey of the Aleutian Islands in 2006.[4] Initially thought to inhabit only the western margin of the Gulf of Alaska, trawl surveys have now found specimens along the eastern margin as well.[5]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Bathyraja maculata" in FishBase. November 2007 version.
- ↑ ZipcodeZoo.com. "Bathyraja maculata (White-Blotched Skate)". Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206110921/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/B/Bathyraja_maculata.asp. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- ↑ Ishiyama, Reizo; Hajime Ishihara. "Five New Species of Skates in the Genus Bathyraja from the Western North Pacific, with Reference to Their Interspecific Relationships". Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 24 (2): 71–90.
- ↑ Rooper, C.N. (2008). Data Report: 2006 Aleutian Islands Bottom Trawl Survey. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-179.
- ↑ Bizzarro, Joseph; Michael T. Vaughn (2008). "First records of the whiteblotched skate (Bathyraja maculata) in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska". Northwestern Naturalist 89 (3): 193–197. doi:10.1898/NWN08-14.1. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1898/NWN08-14.1.
Wikidata ☰ Q3758623 entry
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