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Bathyraja scaphiops (Norman, 1937)

Description

Common Names

  • Kelkrog , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Cuphead skate , English , South Africa
  • Cuphead skate , English , Global
  • Ray , English , Uruguay
  • Peeker-süvarai , Estonian , Estonia
  • 舟形深海鰩 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 舟形深海鳐 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Raya picuda , Spanish , Uruguay

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Rajiformes

    Family: Arhynchobatidae

    Genus: Bathyraja

    Species: Bathyraja scaphiops (Norman, 1937)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • 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