Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Rajiformes

Family: Arhynchobatidae

Genus: Bathyraja

Species: Bathyraja eatonii (Günther, 1876)

Climate Zone

Location

• Southern Ocean: common on the Kerguelen Plateau, around South Orkney and South Shetland islands. In the Antarctic Peninsula, it occurs in the northeastern Weddell Sea and on Gunnerus Ridge. A single record comes from the Pacific Ocean sector, in the Ross Sea. Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068).

Biology

Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless