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Arhynchobatidae
African softnose stake
Bathyraja smithii
Juvenile thorns vanish as adults hunt fish and squid
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Other
- Large
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Other
LargeBathyraja is a large genus of skates in the family Arhynchobatidae.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Skates
- Family
- Arhynchobatidae
- Genus
- Bathyraja
- Maximum length
- 120 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Southeast Atlantic: off central Namibia to Agulhas Bank, South Africa.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
