Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Rajiformes

Family: Arhynchobatidae

Genus: Bathyraja

Species: Bathyraja griseocauda (Norman, 1937)

Climate Zone

Location

• Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Uruguay (Ref. 58839) to Patagonian coast of South America including the Falkland Islands. Southern Ocean: Scotia Arc to South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Biology

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

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Endangered

Threat to Humans

Harmless