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spinetail ray (Bathyraja spinicauda)
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Arhynchobatidae

spinetail ray

Bathyraja spinicauda

Juvenile disc thorns vanish with growth

  • Circumpolar Arctic
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Polar regions
  • Other
  • Large

spinetail ray is a marine fish of North Atlantic and adjacent Arctic. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 170 cm.

Order
Skates
Maximum length
170 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
other
Distribution
North Atlantic and adjacent Arctic.
Conservation status
NTNear Threatened

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