Short Description
medium-sized species of Bathyraja with a long snout, pointed and very broad, supported by a slender flexible medial cartilage, dorsal surface of disc and tail entirely covered with small and fine dermal denticles; ventral surface naked, free of enlarged thorns; tail with single median row of 18 large thorns; dorsal fins small; epichordal caudal-fin lobe developed; dorsal surface mostly white except for black color along disc and tail margins, anterior obes of pelvic fins, claspers, and dorsal fins; ventral surface entirely black.

Distribution
Known only from the Coriolis Bank off western New Caledonia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean

Size / Weight / Age
max male: 895 mm

Habitat
marine; depth range 953-1022 m depth

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=11975;