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Bathyraja parmifera (Bean, 1881). Alaska Skate. To 130 cm (51.2 in) TL (Zenger 2004). Sea of Okhotsk,
northern Sea of Japan, and Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido to Bering Sea to eastern Gulf of Alaska
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Bottom at 20–1,425 m (66–4,703 ft; Sheiko and Fedorov 2000).
Bathyraja spinosissima (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941). Pacific White Skate or White Skate. To 150 cm (58.5 in) TL
(McEachran in Fischer et al. 1995). Waldport, Oregon (Ebert 2003) to Isla Cocos, Costa Rica, including
Mexican mainland at Sinaloa (Castro-Aguirre and Espinosa Peréz 1996), and Islas Galápagos (Ebert
2003). Bottom at 800–2,938 m (2,640–9,695 ft) (min.: Ebert 2003; max.: Pearcy et al. 1982).
Bathyraja taranetzi (Dolganov, 1983). Mud Skate. To 77 cm (30.3 in) TL (Ebert 2005). Pacific coast of Kuril
Islands and Kamchatka to Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; unconfirmed report from western Gulf of
Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Bottom at 58–1,054 m (190–3,458 ft; Stevenson 2004). Rhinoraja longi
Raschi & McEachran, 1991, is included as a junior synonym.
Bathyraja trachura (Gilbert, 1892). Black Skate or Roughtail Skate. To 89 cm (35 in) TL (Eschmeyer
and Herald 1983). Sea of Okhotsk and northern Kuril Islands to Cape Navarin, western Bering Sea,
Commander–Aleutian chain, and eastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to
north of Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Castro-Aguirre and Espinosa Peréz 1996). Bottom at
267–2,550 m (876–8,366 ft) (min.: UW 41746; max.: Ebert 2003), reported as shallow as 213 m (699 ft;
Stevenson 2004).
Bathyraja violacea (Suvorov, 1935). Okhotsk Skate. To 73 cm (29.2 in) TL (Orlov 1998), reported but not
documented to 100 cm (39 in) TL (Lindberg and Legeza 1959). Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan and
Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido to northwestern Bering Sea off Cape Navarin, Russia (Dolganov 1999) and
northeastern Bering Sea, Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Bottom at 20–1,110 m (66–3,642 ft) (min.:
Mecklenburg et al. 2002; max.: Sheiko and Fedorov 2000).
Raja binoculata Girard, 1855. Big Skate. To 244 cm (96 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands, at least as far west as Unalaska Island, to eastern Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg
et al. 2002) to Cabo Falsa (22°54'N, 110°02'W), southern Baja California (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1993)
and Gulf of California (Castro-Aguirre and Espinosa Pérez 1996). Bottom at 2 m or less to 800 m (7–
2,624 ft) (min.: Miller et al. 1980; max.: Allen and Smith 1988).
Raja equatorialis Jordan & Bollman, 1890. Equatorial Skate. To 50 cm (19.7 in) TL (McEachran in Fischer
et al. 1995). Laguna de San Ignacio, southern Baja California (De La Cruz-Agüero and Cota-Gómez
1998) to Peru (4°43'S, 81°23'W; Chirichigno and Vélez 1998). Bottom at depths of 20–200 m (66–660 ft;
Robertson and Allen 2002).
Raja inornata Jordan & Gilbert, 1881. California Skate. To 75 cm (30 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Strait
of Juan de Fuca (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) to southern Baja California and Gulf of California
(McEachran in Fischer et al. 1995). Bottom at 13–1,600 m (43–5,248 ft) (min.: Allen et al. 2002; max.:
Pearcy et al. 1982).
Raja rhina Jordan & Gilbert, 1880. Longnose Skate. To 180 cm (70.9 in) TL (Stevenson 2004). Southeastern
Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to just below Punta San Juanico (25°59'N, 113°17'W), southern
Baja California (Snytko 1987), and Gulf of California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Bottom at 9–
1,069 m (30–3,506 ft) or more (min.: W. A. Palsson, pers. comm. to M. L.; max.: Lauth 1999).
Raja stellulata Jordan & Gilbert, 1880. Starry Skate. To 76.2 cm (30 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Oregon
(44°04'N, 124°49'W; J. W. Orr, pers. comm. to C. W. M.) to Isla Cedros and Bahia de Sebastian Vizcaino,
central Baja California (Castro-Aguirre and Espinosa Pérez 1996). Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska records
of this species are incorrect (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) and perhaps reflect catches of Bathyraja parmifera
(Ebert 2003). Bottom at 2 m or less to 732 m (7–2,400 ft) (min.: Miller et al. 1980; max.: Miller and Lea
1972).