Dolganov, V.N. (1983)
Rukovodstvo po opredeleniyu khryashchevykh ryb dal'nevostochnykh morei SSSR i sopredel'nykh vod. [Manual for identification of cartilaginous fishes of Far East seas of USSR and adjacent waters.] TINRO, Vladivostok. Rukovodstvo po opredeleniyu khryashchevykh ryb dal'nevostochnykh morei SSSR i sopredel'nykh vod.: 92 pp.

Dolganov, V.N. (1985)
New species of skates of the family Rajdae from the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 25(3), 121–132

Ishihara, H. & Ishiyama, R. (1985)
Two new North Pacific skates (Rajidae) and a revised key to Bathyraja in the area. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 32(2), 143–179
DOI: 10.1007/BF02938446

Ishihara, H. & Ishiyama, R. (1986)
Systematics and distribution of the skates of the north Pacific. In Uyeno, T. & Arai, R. & Taniuchi, T. & Matsuura, K. (Eds) Proceedings of the second international conference on Indo-Pacific fishes. Ichthyological Society of Japan, Tokyo: 269–280

Raschi, W.G. & McEachran, J.D. (1991)
Rhinoraja longi, a new species of skate from the outer Aleutian Islands, with comments on the status of Rhinoraja (Chondrichthyes, Rajoidei). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 69(7), 1889–1903
DOI: 10.1139/z91-262

Campbell, R.A. & Andrade, M. (1997)
Echinobothrium raschii n. sp. (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from Rhinoraja longi (Chondrichthyes, Rajoidei) in the Bering Sea. Journal of Parasitology, 83(1), 115–120

Mould, B. (1997)
Classification of the recent Elasmobranchii. Copyright Brian Mould 1997

Dolganov, V.N. (1999)
Geographical and bathymetric distribution of the skates of the Rajidae family in the Far Eastern Seas of Russia and adjacent waters. Journal of Ichthyology, 39(4), 340–342

Dolganov, V.N. & Tuponogov, V.N (1999)
Identification table (key) of skates of genera Bathyraja and Rhinioraja (family Rajidae) of Far-East seas of Russia [in Russian]. Izvestiya TINRO, 126, 657–663

Compagno, L.J.V. (2005)
Checklist of living Chondrichthyes. In W.C. Hamlett (Ed.), Reproductive biology and phylogeny of chondrichthyes: sharks, rays and chimaeras, Vol. 3 (pp. 503–548). Science Publishers, Endfield, USA

Dolganov, V.N. (2005)
Size, age, and growth of the skates from family Rajidae in the Far-Eastern Seas of Russia. Izvestiya TINRO, 143, 84–89

Ebert, D.A. (2005)
Reproductive biology of skates, Bathyraja (Ishiyama) along the eastern Bering Sea continental slope. Journal of Fish Biology, 66(3), 618–649
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00628.x

Hoff, G.R. (2006)
Biodiversity as an index of regime shift in the eastern Bering Sea. Fishery Bulletin, 104(2), 226–237

Orlov, A. & Tokranov, A. & Fatykhov, R. (2006)
Common deep-benthic skates (Rajidae) of the northwestern Pacific: Basic ecological and biological features. Cybium, 30(4, Supplement), 49–65

Spies, I.B. & Gaichas, S. & Stevenson, D.E. & Orr, J.W. & Canino, M.F. (2006)
DNA-based identification of Alaska skates (Amblyraja, Bathyraja and Raja: Rajidae) using cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (coI) variation. Journal of Fish Biology, 69(Sb), 283–292
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01286.x

Tyler, G.A. (2006)
Tapeworms of elasmobranchs (Part II). A monograph on the Diphyllidea (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, 20, 1–142

Dolganov, V.N. & Korolev, M.R. (2007)
Chondrichthyes origin and settling in the Far Eastern Seas of Russia. Izvestiya TINRO, 150, 196–199

Ebert, D.A. & Bizzarro, J.J. (2007)
Standardized diet compositions and trophic levels of skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Rajoidei). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 80(2–3), 221–237
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9227-4

Kyne, P.M. & Simpfendorfer, C.A. (2007)
A Collation and summarization of available data on deepwater Chondrichthyans: Biodiversity, life history and fisheries. Biodiversity, Life History and Fisheries IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group for the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, 1–137.

Stevenson, D.E. & Orr, J.W. & Hoff, G.R. & McEachran, J.D. (2008)
Emerging patterns of species richness, diversity, population density, and distribution in the skates (Rajidae) of Alaska. Fishery Bulletin, 106(1), 24–39

Davis, C.D. & Ebert, D.A. & Orlov, A.M. (2009)
Rhinoraja taranetzi IUCN 2012, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2012.2, https://www.iucnredlist.org

Orlov, A.M. & Tokranov, A.M. (2010)
Reanalysis of long-term surveys on the ecology and biology of mud skate (Rhinoraja taranetzi Dolganov, 1985) in the northwestern Pacific (1993-2002). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 26(6), 861–871
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01512.x

Stevenson, D.E. & Lewis, K.A. (2010)
Observer-reported skate bycatch in the commercial groundfish fisheries of Alaska. Fishery Bulletin, 108(2), 208–217

Claeson, K.M. (2011)
The synarcual cartilage of batoids with emphasis on the synarcual of Rajidae. Journal of Morphology, 272(12), 1444–1463
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10996

Spies, I.B. & Stevenson, D.E. & Orr, J.W. & Hoff, G.R. (2011)
Molecular systematics of the skate subgenus Arctoraja (Bathyraja: Rajidae) and support for an undescribed species, the leopard skate, with comments on the phylogenetics of Bathyraja. Ichthyological Research, 58(1), 77–83
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-010-0185-z

Ishihara, H. & Treloar, M. & Bor, P.H.F. & Senou, H. & Jeong, C.-H. (2012)
The Comparative Morphology of Skate Egg Capsules (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes). Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum, Natural Science, 41, 9–25

Kyne, P.M. & Carlson, J.K. & Ebert, D.A. & Fordham, S.V. & Bizzarro, J.J. & Graham, R.T. & Kulka, D.W. & Tewes, E.E. & Harrison, L.R. & Dulvy, N.K. (2012)
The Conservation Status of North American, Central American, and Caribbean Chondrichthyans. IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group, Vancouver, Canada.

Lago, F.C. & Vieites, J.M. & Espiñeira, M. (2012)
Development of a FINS- based method for the identification of skates species of commercial interest. Food Control, 24(1–2), 38–43
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.08.034

Naylor, G.J.P. & Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. & Rosana, K.A.M. & White, W.T. & Last, P.R. (2012)
A DNA sequence based approach to the identification of shark and ray species and its implications for global elasmobranch diversity and parasitology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 367, 1–262

Naylor, G.J.P. & Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. & Rosana, K.A.M. & White, W.T. & Last, P.R. (2012)
A DNA sequence based approach to the identification of shark and ray species and its implications for global elasmobranch diversity and parasitology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 367, 1–262

Barnett, L.A.K. & Winton, M.V. & Ainsley, S.M. & Cailliet, G.M. & Ebert, D.A. (2013)
Comparative Demography of Skates: Life-History Correlates of Productivity and Implications for Management. PLoS ONE, 8(5), Article e65000
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065000

Caira, J.N. & Marques, F.P.L. & Jensen, K. & Kuchta, R. & Ivanov, V. (2013)
Phylogenetic analysis and reconfiguration of genera in the cestode order Diphyllidea. International Journal for Parasitology, 43(8), 621–639
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.03.001

Grigorov, I.V. & Orlov, A.M. (2013)
Species diversity and conservation status of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes) of Russian waters. Journal of Ichthyology, 53(11), 923–936
DOI: 10.1134/S0032945213110040

Lynghammar, A. & Christiansen, J.S. & Mecklenburg, C.W. & Karamushko, O.V. & Møller, P.R. & Gallucci, V.F. (2014)
Species richness and distribution of chondrichthyan fishes in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. Biodiversity, 14(1), 57–66
DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2012.706198

Parin, N.V. & Evseenko, S.A. & Vasil'eva, E.D. (2014)
Fishes of Russian Seas: Annotated Catalogue. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow v. 53: 733 pp.

Dyldin, Y.V. (2015)
Annotated checklist of the sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) from waters of Russia and adjacent areas. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 43, 40–91

Last, P.R. & Stehmann, M.F.W. & Séret, B. & Weigmann, S. (2016)
Softnose Skates, Family Arhynchobatidae. In Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W & Naylor, G.J.P(Eds.) Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne: 364–472

Last, P.R. & Weigmann, S. & Yang, L. (2016)
Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes). In Rays of the World: Supplementary information(Last, P. R. & Yearsley, G. K., eds), CSIRO Special Publication: 11–34

Weigmann, S. (2016)
Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88(3), 837–1037
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12874

Ebert, D.A. & Bigman, J.S. & Lawson, J.M. (2017)
Chapter Two - Biodiversity, Life History, and Conservation of Northeastern Pacific Chondrichthyans. Advances in Marine Biology, 77, 9–78
DOI: 10.1016/bs.amb.2017.07.001

Barbini, S.A. & Sabadin, D.E. & Lucifora, L.O. (2018)
Comparative analysis of feeding habits and dietary niche breadth in skates: the importance of body size, snout length, and depth. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 28(3), 625–636
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-018-9522-5

Stevenson, D.E. & Hoff, G.R. & Orr, J.W. & Spies, I. & Rooper, C.N. (2019)
Interactions between fisheries and early life stages of skates in nursery areas of the eastern Bering Sea. Fishery Bulletin, 117(1–2), 8–14
DOI: 10.7755/FB.117.1.2

Balanov, A.A. & Panchenko, V.V. & Savin, A.B. (2020)
The First Record of a Spawning Ground of the Mud Skate Bathyraja taranetzi (Dolganov, 1983) and the Okhotsk Skate B. violacea (Suvorov, 1935) in Pacific Waters off the Northern Kuril Islands. Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 46(6), 501–505
DOI: 10.1134/s1063074020060024

Barbini, S.A. & Lucifora, L.O. & Sabadin, D.E. & Figueroa, D.E. (2020)
Ecological specialization is associated with high conservation concern in skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes). Animal Conservation, 23(2), 222–228
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12531

Guinot, G. & Cavin, L. (2020)
Distinct Responses of Elasmobranchs and Ray-Finned Fishes to Long-Term Global Change. Frontiers in Ecololgy and Evolution, 7, Article 513
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00513

Panchenko, V.V. & Balanov, A.A. & Savin, A.B. (2020)
Distribution and Size and Sex Composition of the Mud Skate Bathyraja taranetzi in the Pacific Waters off the Northern Kuril Islands and Coasts of Southeastern Kamchatka in the Summer Period. Journal of Ichthyology, 60(4), 585–592
DOI: 10.1134/S0032945220040141

Love, M.S. & Bizzarro, J.J. & Cornthwaite, A.M. & Frable, B.W. & Maslenikov, K.P. (2021)
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Zootaxa, 5053(1), 1–285
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1

Hall, K.C. & Elcock, J.N. & Hoff, G.R. & Stevenson, D.E. & Summers, A.P. & Donatelli, C.M. (2022)
Interspecific Differences in the Flow Regimes and Drag of North Pacific Skate Egg Cases. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62(3), 805–816
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac108

Orlov, A.M. & Volvenko, I.V. (2022)
Long-Term Changes in the Distribution and Abundance of Nine Deep-Water Skates (Arhynchobatidae: Rajiformes: Chondrichthyes) in the Northwestern Pacific. Animals, 12(24), Article 3485
DOI: 10.3390/ani12243485

Barrowclift, E. & Gravel, S.M. & Pardo, S.A. & Bigman, J.S. & Berggren, P. & Dulvy, N.K. (2023)
Tropical rays are intrinsically more sensitive to overfishing than the temperate skates. Biological Conservation, 281, Article 110003
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110003

Shelekhov, V.A. & Panchenko, V.V. & Parensky, V.A. (2023)
Age and Growth of the Mud Skate Bathyraja taranetzi (Arhynchobatidae) of the Northern Kuril Islands. Journal of Ichthyology, 62(7), 1332–1342
DOI: 10.1134/s0032945222060285

Navia, A.F. & Alfaro-Shigueto, J. & Ágreda-Arango, J. & Areano, E. & Avalos-Castillo, C. & Bizzarro, J.J. & Bustamante, C. & Cevallos, A. & Concha, F.J. & Cruz-Escalona, V.H. & Ebert, D.A. & Espinoza, M. & González-Leiva, A. & Guzmán, H.M. & Hearn, A. & Hleap, J.S. & Mangel, J.C. & Mejía-Falla, P.A. & Morales-Saldaña, J.M. & Santana, H. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Tovar-Ávila, J. & Vélez-Zuazo, X. (2024)
Unveiling Macroecological Patterns of Elasmobranchs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, in press
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.15037