Purple-black skate
📖 Overview
Purple-black skate (Bathyraja caeluronigricans), first described by Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 is a fish in the family Arhynchobatidae (order Rajiformes). It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. Recorded depth range: 200 to 400 metres. It occurs in Temperate waters. Diet is predominantly piscivorous, targeting other fish and larger prey.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
This species is distinguished from its congeners in Bathyraja in having a dark purplish brown color on both sides of the body; the spiracle is longer than eyeball and with deep concavity at their anterior part; clasper with a deep cleft; dense silky fibers cover the egg capsule .: other.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Purple-black skate is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk . Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 200 - 400 m . Temperate Northwest Pacific: north of Tôhoku, Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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