Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Rajiformes

Family: Arhynchobatidae

Genus: Bathyraja

Species: Bathyraja scaphiops (Norman, 1937)

Climate Zone

Location

• Southwest Atlantic: Uruguay to Argentina (Ref. 58839) and around the Falkland/Malvinas Islands (Ref. 104534).

Biology

Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205). Reportedly taken as bycatch in deeper water benthic trawl and longline teleost target fisheries as well as in target longline skate fishing from off Mar del Plata, Argentina (Ref. 104534).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless