Featured Elasmobranch – Deepsea Skate
Monday, August 3rd, 2009August 2009
Bathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert, 1896)
Family Arhynchobatidae (softnose skates)
Identification: A softnose skate with a moderately triangular anterior disc margin, a broadly rounded posterior disc margin, and a disc width slightly greater than its length. Disc dorsal surface with 1-5 nuchal thorns separate from a row of 21 to 31 continuous median tail [...]