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including Gulf of California (Zorzi and Anderson 1988). Bottom at 846–2,322 m (2,775–7,616 ft) (min.:
Ebert 2003; max.: Zorzi and Anderson 1988). Also recently as Raja badia.
Bathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert, 1896). Deepsea Skate. To 157 cm (63 in) TL (Sheiko and Tranbenkova 1998).
Southern Japan (Nakaya in Amaoka et al. 1983); western Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), Aleutian
Islands south of Tanaga Island (Zorzi and Anderson 1990) and north of Unalaska Island (UW 45833,
UW 46058), eastern Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), and northern British Columbia (Gilbert
1896) to Islas Coronados, northern Baja California (Zorzi and Anderson 1988). Bottom at 362–2,904 m
(1,195–9,528 ft) (min.: Zorzi and Anderson 1988 [CAS 38013]; max.: Gilbert 1896 [USNM 48623;
1,588 fm]).
Bathyraja aleutica (Gilbert, 1896). Aleutian Skate. To about 161 cm (63.4 in) TL (Zenger 2004). Northern
Japan to Bering Sea to southeastern Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) and northern British Columbia
(G. E. Gillespie, pers. comm. to C. W. M.) to Cape Mendocino, northern California (Hoff 2002). Bottom
at 15–1,602 m (49–5,256 ft; Sheiko and Fedorov 2000).
Bathyraja interrupta (Gill & Townsend, 1897). Black Skate or Sandpaper Skate. To 86 cm (34 in) TL (Ishihara
and Ishiyama 1985). Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to Cortes Bank, southern California (Eschmeyer
and Herald 1983). Bottom at 37–1,372 m (121–4,500 ft) (min.: Stevenson 2004; max.: Miller and Lea
1972). Recently as Rhinoraja interrupta. The status of Bathyraja kincaidii (Garman, 1908), treated by
some authors as a junior synonym of B. interrupta and by others as a species distinct from B. interrupta,
needs further study. For B. kincaidii treated as a separate species: To 56 cm (22 in) TL (Ebert 2003), also
reported to 63 cm (24.8 in; C. Perez, 2004 Western Groundfish Conference) and 66 cm (26 in; W. A.
Palsson, pers. comm. to M. L.). Northern Baja California to British Columbia and possibly the Gulf of
Alaska (Ebert 2003). At depths of about 200–500 m (656–1,640 ft; Ebert 2003), reported as shallow as
18 m (60 ft; W. A. Palsson, pers. comm. to M. L.).
Bathyraja lindbergi Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977. Commander Skate. To 102 cm (40.2 in) TL (Zenger 2004).
Okhotsk Sea off Hokkaido (Nakaya in Amaoka et al. 1983) to Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, with
unconfirmed report of range to western Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Bottom at 120–
1,200 m (394–3,937 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002; max.: Hoff and Britt 2003) and possibly to
2,000 m (6,562 ft). Classified by some authors as a junior synonym of Bathyraja matsubarai Ishiyama,
1952; in this case, maximum recorded size would be 98 cm (38.6 in) TL, and maximum depth, 2,000 m
(6,562 ft) (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Bathyraja maculata Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977. Whiteblotched Skate. To 146 cm (57.5 in) TL (Zenger
2004). Sea of Okhotsk and northern Sea of Japan to Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (Mecklenburg et
al. 2002). Bottom at 73–1,193 m (241–3,914 ft) (min.: Sheiko and Fedorov 2000; max.: Stevenson 2004
[UW 47016]).
Bathyraja mariposa Stevenson, Orr, Hoff, & McEachran, 2004. Butterfly Skate. To 76.0 cm (29.9 in) TL.
Aleutian Islands, Alaska from Petrel Bank to the Islands of Four Mountains. At depths of 90–448 m
(1,470 ft). All in Stevenson et al. (2004).
Bathyraja microtrachys (Osburn & Nichols, 1916). Fine-spined Skate. To at least 70 cm (28 in) TL.
Washington to about central Baja California (300 miles southeast of San Diego, southern California). At
depths of 1,995–2,938 m (6,544–9,637 ft). All in Ebert (2003).
Bathyraja minispinosa Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977. Whitebrow Skate. To 82.5 cm (32.5 in) TL (Nakaya in
Amaoka et al. 1983). Sea of Okhotsk off Hokkaido (Nayaka in Amaoka et al. 1983) and Pacific Ocean
off Kuril Islands (Dudnik and Dolganov 1992) to Commander Islands and Bering Sea to Aleutian
Islands; northern British Columbia (Peden 2003) close to Alaska border (G. E. Gillespie, pers. comm. to
C. W. M.). Bottom at 160–1,420 m (525–4,686 ft; Nakaya in Amaoka et al. 1983). Additional citations in
Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
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