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Antarctic dark-mouth skate (Bathyraja arctowskii)
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Antarctic dark-mouth skate (Bathyraja arctowskii) specimen
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Arhynchobatidae

Antarctic dark-mouth skate

Bathyraja arctowskii

Broad wings circle Antarctica across three oceans

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Southern Ocean
  • Large

Antarctic dark-mouth skate is a marine fish found around Southern Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 61 cm.

Order
Skates
Maximum length
61 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Southern Ocean: widespread, circumantarctic: Atlantic sector (off the South Shetland, Brabant, and Biscoe Islands to the South-East Weddell Sea); Pacific (Ross Sea); Indian (from Prydz Bay).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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