graytale stake
Bathyraja griseocauda (Norman, 1937)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Range of the greytail skate (Bathyraja griseocauda).
TeaDrinker · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image sourceProvider-generated thumbnail requested at 800 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.
Open encyclopedia reference
The graytail skate (Bathyraja griseocauda), or gray tail skate, is a large species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae, native to the south-western Atlantic Ocean and south-eastern Pacific Ocean. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN. It was caught as part of a commercial fishery around the Falkland Islands and is a bycatch in several other fisheries.
Wikipedia contributors, Graytail skate; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:10:28.340318+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bathyraja griseocauda (Norman, 1937)
- Name authority
- (Norman, 1937)
- Common name
- graytale stake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Rajiformes
- Family
- Arhynchobatidae
- Genus
- Bathyraja
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumChondrichthyes
- classElasmobranchii
- subclassNeoselachii
- infraclassBatoidea
- orderRajiformes Berg, 1940
- familyArhynchobatidae Fowler, 1934
- genusBathyraja Ishiyama, 1958
- speciesBathyraja griseocauda (Norman, 1937)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bathyraja. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bering skateBathyraja interrupta (Gill & Townsend, 1897) | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathyraja longicauda (de Buen, 1959) | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathyraja leucomelanos Iglésias & Lévy-Hartmann, 2012 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathyraja macloviana (Norman, 1937) | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Little-eyed skateBathyraja andriashevi Dolganov, 1983 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathyraja albomaculata (Norman, 1937) | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deepsea skateBathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert, 1896) | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathyraja caeluronigricans Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kerguelen sandpaper skateBathyraja irrasa Hureau & Ozouf-Costaz, 1980 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathyraja hesperafricana Stehmann, 1995 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathyraja ishiharai Stehmann, 2005 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| McCain's skateBathyraja maccaini Springer, 1971 | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Raja griseocauda Norman, 1937 Norman, 1937 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234586 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5WDYY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.