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Bathyraja murrayi (Günther, 1880)

Common Names

  • Murray’s rog , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Murray's skate , English , UK
  • Murray's skate , English , Global
  • Murray's skate , English , Global
  • Murray süvarai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Raie de Murray , French , France
  • Raie de Murray , French , Kerguelen Is.
  • Raie de Murray , French , Global
  • 默氏深海鰩 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 默氏深海鳐 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Raja de Murray , Spanish , Global
  • Raya de Murray , Spanish , Spain
  • Raya de Murray , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Rajiformes

    Family: Arhynchobatidae

    Genus: Bathyraja

    Species: Bathyraja murrayi (Günther, 1880)

    Climate Zone

  • demersal

    • Location

  • Southern Ocean: considered endemic to the Kerguelen Plateau (Ref. 5159).

    • Biology

    Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205). Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats (Ref. 205). Egg capsules are 6.0 cm long and 3.4 cm wide (Ref. 41249). Frequently taken in commercial bottom hauls but not much utilized because of its small size (Ref. 5159).

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless