Bathyraja eatonii (Günther, 1876)
Eaton's skate
Bathyraja eatonii
photo by FAO

 Family:  Arhynchobatidae (Skates)
 Max. size:  100 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  demersal
 Distribution:  Southern Ocean: common on the Kerguelen Plateau, around South Orkney and South Shetland islands. In the Antarctic Peninsula, it occurs in the northeastern Weddell Sea and on Gunnerus Ridge. A single record comes from the Pacific Ocean sector, in the Ross Sea. Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068).
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205).
 IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Jarre-Teichmann, Astrid - 23.01.93
 Modified by: Bailly, Nicolas - 29.10.12

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