Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 3540 specimens in 46 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2712 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 7 - 2827.3
Temperature range (°C): -1.698 - 22.261
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.475 - 46.071
Salinity (PPS): 31.829 - 35.856
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.303 - 7.618
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 3.485
Silicate (umol/l): 1.131 - 181.171
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 7 - 2827.3
Temperature range (°C): -1.698 - 22.261
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.475 - 46.071
Salinity (PPS): 31.829 - 35.856
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.303 - 7.618
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 3.485
Silicate (umol/l): 1.131 - 181.171
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2712 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 7 - 2827.3
Temperature range (°C): -1.698 - 22.261
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.475 - 46.071
Salinity (PPS): 31.829 - 35.856
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.303 - 7.618
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 3.485
Silicate (umol/l): 1.131 - 181.171
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 7 - 2827.3
Temperature range (°C): -1.698 - 22.261
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.475 - 46.071
Salinity (PPS): 31.829 - 35.856
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.303 - 7.618
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 3.485
Silicate (umol/l): 1.131 - 181.171
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Barcode
Locations of barcode samples
Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Bathyraja
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 518 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 368 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 304 |
| Public Records: | 190 |
| Species: | 48 |
| Species With Barcodes: | 40 |
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Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Bathyraja sp.
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen. Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.
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There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen. Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.
ANTFI117-06|JRAS06-117|Bathyraja sp.| ------------------------------------------CTTTATTTAATCTTTGGTGCCTGAGCAGGGATGGTTGGGACTGGTCTT---AGTCTTCTGATCCGAGCTGAATTAAGTCAACCTGGAACCCTTTTAGGTGAT---GATCAGATTTATAATGTTATTGTTACAGCCCATGCCCTTGTAATAATCTTCTTTATGGTTATACCAATCATAATTGGAGGTTTCGGTAATTGGCTTGTCCCTTTAATG---ATTGGTTCTCCAGACATAGCTTTTCCACGCATAAATAATATAAGCTTCTGACTTCTGCCTCCATCTTTTCTTCTGCTTCTAGCCTCTGCCGGTGTTGAAGCTGGAGCAGGGACTGGCTGAACTGTTTATCCCCCACTAGCAGGAAATCTTGCCCATGCAGGAGCTTCCGTTGATTTA---ACAATTTTTTCTCTTCACTTAGCCGGAATCTCATCTATCTTAGCATCTATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTATTAATATAAAACCACCAGCAATCTCACAATACCAAACACCTTTATTTGTGTGATCAGTTCTTGTCACAACTGTTCTACTTCTTTTAGCTCTCCCAGTTTTAGCAGCA---GCTATCACTATACTTTTAACAGATCGTAATCTTAACACAACTTTCTTCGACCCAGCAGGGGGAGGTGATCCTATTTTATATCAACACTTA-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Bathyraja sp.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Species: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 1
Species: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Bathyraja n. sp. eatonii
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 16
Species: 19
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 16
Species: 19
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Wikipedia
Bathyraja
Bathyraja is a large genus of skates in the family Rajidae.
Species
There are currently 53 recognized species in this genus: [1][2]
- Bathyraja abyssicola (C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (Deep-sea skate)
- Bathyraja aguja (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) (Aguja skate)
- Bathyraja albomaculata (Norman, 1937) (White-dotted skate)
- Bathyraja aleutica (C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (Aleutian skate)
- Bathyraja andriashevi Dolganov, 1985 (Little-eyed skate)
- Bathyraja bergi Dolganov, 1983 (Bottom skate)
- Bathyraja brachyurops (Fowler, 1910) (Broadnose skate)
- Bathyraja caeluronigricans Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 (Purple-black skate)
- Bathyraja cousseauae Díaz de Astarloa & Magragaña, 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 (T. N. Gill & C. H. 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[3]
- Bathyraja lindbergi Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 (Commander skate)
- Bathyraja longicauda (de Buen, 1959) (Slimtail skate)
- Bathyraja maccaini S. 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 D. E. Stevenson, J. W. 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 (G. R. Forster, 1967) (Pale ray)
- Bathyraja panthera J. W. Orr, D. E. Stevenson, Hoff, Spies & McEachran, 2011 (Leopard skate)[2]
- Bathyraja papilionifera Stehmann, 1985 (Butterfly skate)
- Bathyraja parmifera (T. H. Bean, 1881) (Alaska skate)
- Bathyraja peruana McEachran & Miyake, 1984 (Peruvian skate)
- Bathyraja pseudoisotrachys Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1985 (Note that the validity of this species has been questioned.[4] It is possibly a synonym of B. bergi.
- Bathyraja richardsoni (Garrick, 1961) (Richardson's ray)
- Bathyraja scaphiops (Norman, 1937) (Cuphead skate)
- Bathyraja schroederi (G. Krefft, 1968) (Whitemouth skate)
- Bathyraja shuntovi Dolganov, 1985 (Longnose deep-sea skate)
- Bathyraja simoterus Ishiyama, 1967 (Hokkaido skate)
- Bathyraja smirnovi (Soldatov & Pavlenko, 1915) (Golden skate)
- Bathyraja smithii (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (African softnose skate)
- Bathyraja spinicauda (A. S. 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 (C. H. Gilbert, 1892) (Roughtail skate)
- Bathyraja tunae Stehmann, 2005
- Bathyraja tzinovskii Dolganov, 1985 (Creamback skate)
- Bathyraja violacea (Suvorov, 1935) (Okhotsk skate)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Bathyraja in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Sheiko, B. A. and V. V. Fedorov 2000; Part 1, pp. 7-69. In: Catalog of the Vertebrates of Kamchatka and Adjacent Waters. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatskiy Petchatniy Dvor. Catalog of the Vertebrates of Kamchatka and Adjacent Waters.
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