Species Bathyraja arctowskii (Dollo, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Raja arctowskii Dollo, L. 1904. Zoologie. Poissons. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899: sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. Rapports scientifiques Anvers [Antwerp] : Belgian Commission Vol. R24 pp. 1-239, pl. 1-12. [52].

  Type data:

   Lectotype IRSNB 25 empty egg case (ex. IRSNB 3005; 435 m), [West] Antarctic Ocean [71°19'S, 87°37'W].
  Paralectotype(s) IRSNB 26 empty egg cases (ex. IRSNB 3006; 400 m), [West] Antarctic Ocean [70°23′ S, 82°47′ W]; IRSNB 27 empty egg case (ex. IRSNB 3007; 569 m), [West] Antarctic Ocean [70°15'S, 84°06'W].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Weigmann, S. & Reinecke, T. 2023. Additions to the taxonomy of the Antarctic Dark-Mouth Skate Bathyraja arctowskii (Dollo, 1904), with descriptions of the syntypes and morphology of teeth, dermal denticles and thorns. Diversity 15(899): 1-22 [4].

Generic Combinations

• Bathyraja arctowskii (Dollo, 1904). —
  Stehmann, M.F.W., Weigmann S. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2021. First complete description of the dark-mouth skate Raja arctowskii Dollo, 1904 from Antarctic waters, assigned to the genus Bathyraja (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae). Marine Biodiversity 51(18): 1-27 [3] (new combination)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Bathyraja sp. 2. —
  Stehmann, M. 1985. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen des FFS “Walther Herwig” nach Südamerika. LXIV. Bathyraja papilionifera sp. n. (Pisces, Batoidea, Rajidae), eine weitere neue Rochenart aus dem Südwestatlantik vom nordargentinischen Kontinentalabhang. Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft 36(1/2): 195-211 [209]
  Stehmann, M. & D.L. Bürkel, D.L. 1990. Family Rajidae. pp. 86-97 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [88, 94]
• Breviraja griseocauda Norman, 1937 [a misidentification]. —
  Bigelow, H.B. & Schroeder, W.C. 1965. Notes on a small collection of rajids from the sub-Antarctic region. Limnology and Oceanography 10 (Supplement): R38-R49 [R43]
  Springer, S. 1971. Three species of skates (Rajidae) from the continental waters of Antarctica. pp. 1-10 in Llano, G.A. & Wallen (Eds.). Biology of the Antarctic Seas IV. Antarctic Research Series Washington, D.C. : American Geophysical Union Vol. 17 pp. i-ix, 1-362. [7]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Recorded from Prydz Bay, NW of Davis Station, see Stehmann et al. 2021

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

General References

Stehmann, M. & D.L. Bürkel, D.L. 1990. Family Rajidae. pp. 86-97 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [88, 94] (as Bathyraja sp.)

Stehmann, M.F.W., Weigmann S. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2021. First complete description of the dark-mouth skate Raja arctowskii Dollo, 1904 from Antarctic waters, assigned to the genus Bathyraja (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae). Marine Biodiversity 51(18): 1-27

Weigmann, S. & Reinecke, T. 2023. Additions to the taxonomy of the Antarctic Dark-Mouth Skate Bathyraja arctowskii (Dollo, 1904), with descriptions of the syntypes and morphology of teeth, dermal denticles and thorns. Diversity 15(899): 1-22

Common Name References

Stehmann, M.F.W., Weigmann S. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2021. First complete description of the dark-mouth skate Raja arctowskii Dollo, 1904 from Antarctic waters, assigned to the genus Bathyraja (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae). Marine Biodiversity 51(18): 1-27 [1] (Dark-Mouth Skate)

History of changes