Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Rajiformes

Family: Arhynchobatidae

Genus: Bathyraja

Species: Bathyraja multispinis (Norman, 1937)

Climate Zone

Location

• Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Chile (Ref. 27540), northwest of the Falkland Islands (Ref. 26282), Uruguay and Argentina (Ref. 58839).

Biology

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

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Near Threatened

Threat to Humans

Harmless