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Bathyraja brachyurops
(Fowler, 1910)
Broadnose skate
Classification: Elasmobranchii Rajiformes Arhynchobatidae
Reference of the original description
Notes on batoid fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 62, 468–475
Notes on batoid fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 62, 468–475
Image of the original description
No image in first description.
No image in first description.
Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Breviraja brachyurops, Raia brachyurops, Raia gallardoi, Raja brachyurops
Breviraja brachyurops, Raia brachyurops, Raia gallardoi, Raja brachyurops
Description :
Citation: Bathyraja brachyurops (Fowler, 1910): In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 07/2025
Common names
Raya de cola corta, Raya de los canales, 
Broadnose skate, Common ray
Raya de cola corta, Raya de los canales, Broadnose skate, Common ray
Distribution
Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Valdivia and Estrecho de Magallanes (Chile) to Argentina and the Falkland Islands. Source: www.gbif.org
Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Valdivia and Estrecho de Magallanes (Chile) to Argentina and the Falkland Islands. Source: www.gbif.org
Biology
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk [733]. Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell [17086]. Larger animals feed on wide variety of crustaceans and fish (Ref. 54177). Small animals up to 30-39 cm D feed mainly on benthic gammarid amphipods and polychaetes, while the smallest
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk [733]. Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell [17086]. Larger animals feed on wide variety of crustaceans and fish (Ref. 54177). Small animals up to 30-39 cm D feed mainly on benthic gammarid amphipods and polychaetes, while the smallest
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=501;
shark-references Species-ID=501;
Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Myxosporea
Monogenea
Cestoda
Trematoda
Nematoda
Myxosporea
- Chloromyxum sp. [28169]
Monogenea
- Acanthocotyle brachyuropsi Kuznetsova, 1971 [22565]
- Acanthocotyle patagonica Kuznetsova, 1971 [22565]
- Acanthocotyle scobini Kuznetsova, 1971 [22565]
- Calicotyle macrocotyle Cordero, 1944 [17436] [22565]
- Calicotyle sjegi Kusnetzova, 1970 [17436] [22565]
- Merizocotyle euzeti Irigoitia, Cantatore, Delpiani, Incorvaia, Lanfranchi & Timi, 2014 [21281]
- Rajonchocotyle emarginata (Olsson, 1876) [22565]
Cestoda
- Echeneibothrium sp. [31906]
- Grillotia sp. [31906]
- Guidus argentinense Ivanov, 2006 [16206] [25154] [29857] [31906]
Trematoda
- Otodistomum plunketi Fyfe, 1953 [21203]
Nematoda
- Metanisakis tricupola (Gibson, 1973) [17029]
- Pseudanisakis argentinensis Irigoitia, Braicovich, Farber & Timi, 2017 [25303]
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