broadnose skate
Bathyraja brachyurops (Fowler, 1910)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Broadnose skate (Bathyraja brachyurops) is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae. This fish occurs on 28 to 604 meters, mostly at depths shallower than 250 meters, from Valdivia and Estrecho de Magallanes to Argentina and the Falkland Islands. It has the maximum total length of about 125 centimetres (49 in) which it reaches in about 20 years. Both sexes reach maturity at age 8–10 years.
Wikipedia contributors, Broadnose skate; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:56:21.309747+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bathyraja brachyurops (Fowler, 1910)
- Name authority
- (Fowler, 1910)
- Common name
- broadnose skate
- 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 brachyurops (Fowler, 1910)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| graytale stakeBathyraja griseocauda (Norman, 1937) | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Breviraja brachyurops (Fowler, 1910) (Fowler, 1910) | synonym |
| Raja brachyurops Fowler, 1910 Fowler, 1910 | synonym |
| Raja brachyura Günther, 1880 Günther, 1880 | ambiguous 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=271509 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:68DZP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.