Bathyraja ishiharai Stehmann, 2005
Abyssal skate

Family:  Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates)
Max. size:  123 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine; depth range - 2300 m
Distribution:  Eastern Indian Ocean: SW Australia (Naturalist Plateau), Tasmania and possibly the Lord Howe Rise (Tasman Sea) .
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Known only from three specimens, caught from abyssal depths 2320 - 2800 m (Ref. 114953).
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 04 May 2015 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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