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Bathyraja peruana McEachran & Miyake, 1984 Peruvian skate |
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photo by
Elasmolab Universidad Austral de Chile |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates) | |||
| Max. size: | 110 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 243 - 1207 m | |||
| Distribution: | Southeast Pacific: Ecuador and Peru to southern Chile. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished by the following characters: the pectoral fin apices narrowly or abruptly rounded; the preorbital length times orbital length 2.41-3.40; preorbital length times interorbital length 1.02-1.17; interorbital space times orbit length 1.02-1.26; orbital length times spiracle length 1.16-1.78; pre-oral length times internarial length 1.24-1.34 (> 97.0 cm TL); tail thorns evenly spaced; dorsal disc surface and tail with finely textured denticles; teeth arranged in quincunx; predorsal tail vertebrae 64-71; pectoral-fin radial count 77-82 (Ref. 127873). | |||
| Biology: | Holotype taken from a depth of 980 m (Ref. 26282). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 February 2019 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||