| Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates) |
| 60.7 cm WD (male/unsexed); 53.2 cm WD (female) |
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demersal; marine; depth range - 2000 m |
| North Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk off Hokkaido, Japan to the Bering Sea. |
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Vertebrae: 113-117. This species is distinguished from its congeners Bathyraja in having a whitish brown coloration on the ventral surface of the disk, contrasting the dark greyish brown on other parts; scapular spine absent; row of middorsal spines uninterrupted, running from before scapular arch to first dorsal (Ref. 75535). |
| Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205). Depth range given by H. Ishihara (pers.comm. 07/07). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 27 July 2015 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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