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Bathyraja tunae Stehmann, 2005 |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates) | |||
| Max. size: | 100 cm TL (female) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 1700 - 2240 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique Channel. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is characterized by the following: moderately extended snout and mouth; wide interorbital space; broad space between the first gill slits; tail length shorter than body length; almost completely prickly upper but smooth lower surfaces, no thorns on disc, but only a median row of 19 thorns along tail to D1; nearly confluent dorsal fins without thorn between them; > 30 upper tooth rows; 40-44 trunk vertebrae; dorsal edge of scapulocoracoid strongly sloping to metacondyle; high number of postventral foramina, markedly short and broadly drop-shaped anterior cranial fontanelle (Ref. 75588). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 24 April 2018 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||