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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Rajomorphii
Ordo: Rajiformes

Familia: Rajidae
Subfamilia: Arhynchobatinae
Tribus: Arhynchobatini
Genus: Bathyraja
Species: B. abyssicola – B. aguja – B. albomaculata – B. aleutica – B. andriashevi – B. bergi – B. brachyurops – B. caeluronigricans – B. cousseauae – B. diplotaenia – B. eatonii – B. fedorovi – B. griseocauda – B. hesperafricana – B. interrupta – B. irrasa – B. ishiharai – B. isotrachys – B. leucomelanos – B. lindbergi – B. longicauda – B. maccaini – B. macloviana – B. maculata – B. magellanica – B. mariposa – B. matsubarai – B. meridionalis – B. minispinosa – B. multispinis – B. murrayi – B. notoroensis – B. pacifica – B. pallida – B. panthera – B. papilionifera – B. parmifera – B. peruana – B. pseudoisotrachys – B. richardsoni – B. scaphiops – B. schroederi – B. shuntovi – B. simoterus – B. smirnovi – B. smithii – B. spinicauda – B. spinosissima – B. taranetzi – B. trachouros – B. trachura – B. tunae – B. tzinovskii – B. violacea
Name

Bathyraja Ishiyama, 1958: 325 [133]

Type species: Raja isotrachys Günther, 1877. Type by original designation.

Synonyms

Zetaraia Leigh-Sharpe, 1924

References

Garrick, J.A.F. & Paul, L.J., 1974: The taxonomy of New Zealand skates (Suborder Rajoidea), with descriptions of three new species. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 4 (3): 345–377. Abstract and full article: DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1974.10419402
Ishiyama, R. 1958: Studies on the rajid fishes (Rajidae) found in the waters around Japan. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries, 7(2-3): 191–394 [1-202], Pls. 1-3.
Last, P.R., Stewart, A.L. & Séret, B. 2016. A new temperate deepwater skate of the genus Bathyraja (Rajoidei: Arhynchobatidae) from the South-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4132(1): 107–117. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.1.9. Reference page.
Shinohara, G. , A.M. Shirai, M.V. Nazarkin & M. Yabe 2011: Preliminary list of the deep-sea fishes of the Sea of Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) 37(1): 35–62.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus
WoRMS (2011). Bathyraja. In: Nicolas Bailly (2011). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105761 on 2012-01-21.

Vernacular names
English: Skates

Bathyraja is a large genus of skates in the family Arhynchobatidae.
Species

There are 55 recognized species in this genus:[1][2][3]

Bathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert, 1896) (Deep-sea skate)
Bathyraja aguja (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) (Aguja skate)
Bathyraja albomaculata (Norman, 1937) (White-dotted skate)
Bathyraja aleutica (Gilbert, 1896) (Aleutian skate)
Bathyraja andriashevi Dolganov, 1985 (Little-eyed skate)
Bathyraja bergi Dolganov, 1983 (Bottom skate)
Bathyraja brachyurops (Fowler, 1910) (Broadnose skate)
Bathyraja cousseauae Díaz de Astarloa & Mabragaña, 2004 (Joined-fins skate)
Bathyraja diplotaenia (Ishiyama, 1952) (Dusky-pink skate)
Bathyraja eatonii (Günther, 1876) (Eaton's skate)
Bathyraja fedorovi Dolganov, 1985 (Cinnamon skate)
Bathyraja griseocauda (Norman, 1937) (Graytail skate)
Bathyraja hesperafricana Stehmann, 1995 (West African skate)
Bathyraja interrupta (Gill & Townsend, 1897) (Sandpaper skate)
Bathyraja irrasa Hureau & Ozouf-Costaz, 1980 (Kerguelen sandpaper skate)
Bathyraja ishiharai Stehmann, 2005
Bathyraja isotrachys (Günther, 1877) (Raspback skate)
Bathyraja leucomelanos Iglésias & Lévy-Hartmann, 2012[4] (Domino Skate)
Bathyraja lindbergi Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 (Commander skate)
Bathyraja longicauda (F. de Buen, 1959) (Slimtail skate)
Bathyraja maccaini Springer, 1971 (McCain's skate)
Bathyraja macloviana (Norman, 1937) (Patagonian skate)
Bathyraja maculata Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 (White-blotched skate)
Bathyraja magellanica (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1902) (Magellan skate)
Bathyraja mariposa Stevenson, Orr, Hoff & McEachran, 2004 (Butterfly skate)
Bathyraja matsubarai (Ishiyama, 1952) (Dusky-purple skate)
Bathyraja meridionalis Stehmann, 1987 (Dark-belly skate)
Bathyraja minispinosa Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 (Smallthorn skate)
Bathyraja multispinis (Norman, 1937) (Multispine skate)
Bathyraja murrayi (Günther, 1880) (Murray's skate)
Bathyraja notoroensis Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 (Notoro skate)
Bathyraja pallida (Forster, 1967) (Pale ray)
Bathyraja panthera Orr, Stevenson, Hoff, Spies & McEachran, 2011 (Leopard skate)[2]
Bathyraja papilionifera Stehmann, 1985 (Butterfly skate)
Bathyraja parmifera (Bean, 1881) (Alaska skate)
Bathyraja peruana McEachran & Miyake, 1984 (Peruvian skate)
Bathyraja richardsoni (Garrick, 1961) (Richardson's ray)
Bathyraja scaphiops (Norman, 1937) (Cuphead skate)
Bathyraja schroederi (Krefft, 1968) (Whitemouth skate)
Bathyraja sexoculata RYO MISAWA, ALEXEI M. ORLOV, SVETLANA Y. ORLOVA, ILYA I. GORDEEV, HAJIME ISHIHARA, TOMONORI HAMATSU, YUJI UEDA, KUNIHIRO FUJIWARA, HIROMITSU ENDO & YOSHIAKI KAI[5]
Bathyraja shuntovi Dolganov, 1985 (Longnose deep-sea skate)
Bathyraja simoterus Ishiyama, 1967 (Hokkaido skate)
Bathyraja smirnovi (Soldatov & Pavlenko, 1915) (Golden skate)
Bathyraja smithii (Müller & Henle, 1841) (African softnose skate)
Bathyraja spinicauda (Jensen, 1914) (Spinytail skate)
Bathyraja spinosissima (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Spiny skate)
Bathyraja trachouros (Ishiyama, 1958) (Eremo skate)
Bathyraja taranetzi (Dolganov, 1983) (Mud skate)
Bathyraja trachura (Gilbert, 1892) (Roughtail skate)
Bathyraja tunae Stehmann, 2005
Bathyraja tzinovskii Dolganov, 1985 (Creamback skate)
Bathyraja violacea (Suvorov, 1935) (Okhotsk skate)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Bathyraja in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Orr, J.W., Stevenson, D.E., Hoff, G.R., Spies, I. & McEachran, J.D. (2011): Bathyraja panthera, a new species of skate (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) from the western Aleutian Islands, and resurrection of the subgenus Arctoraja Ishiyama. NOAA Professional Paper NMFS, 11: 50pp
Last, P.R., Stehmann, M.F.W., Séret, B. & Weigmann, S. (2016) Chapter 20. Softnose Skates, Family Arhynchobatidae. In: Last, P.R., White, W.T., de Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (Eds.), Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Iglésias, S.P. & Lévy-Hartmann, L. (2012): Bathyraja leucomelanos, a new species of softnose skate (Chondrichthyes: Arhynchobatidae) from New Caledonia. Ichthyological Research, 59 (1): 38-48. doi:10.1007/s10228-011-0254-y
MISAWA, R., ORLOV, A. M., ORLOVA, S. Y., GORDEEV, I. I., ISHIHARA, H., HAMATSU, T., … KAI, Y. (2020). Bathyraja (Arctoraja) sexoculata sp. nov., a new softnose skate (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from Simushir Island, Kuril Islands (western North Pacific), with special reference to geographic variations in Bathyraja (Arctoraja) smirnovi. Zootaxa, 4861(4), 515–543. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4861.4.3.

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