Bathyraja leucomelanos
| Bathyraja leucomelanos | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Bathyraja |
| Species: | B. leucomelanos |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathyraja leucomelanos Iglésias & Lévy-Hartman, 2012 | |
Bathyraja leucomelanos or domino skate is a species of softnose skate, closely related to Bathyraja spinicauda. The complete range is not known, however the holotype specimen of B. leucomelanos was caught on the Coriolis Bank, off western New Caledonia in 2002. The male holotype specimen measures 888 millimetres (35 in) total length and 608 mm (24 in) across the disc. Dorsal coloration is mostly white, with black on the disc and tail margins. Ventral coloration is black.[1]
The tail has 18 laterally compressed spines, the dorsal surface is covered in denticles, while the ventral surface lacks denticles.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 Iglésias, Samuel Paco; Lévy-Hartman, Lauriana (2012). "Bathyraja leucomelanos, a new species of softnose skate (Chondrichthyes: Arhynchobatidae) from New Caledonia". Ichthyological Research. 59 (1): 38–48. doi:10.1007/s10228-011-0254-y.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Bathyraja leucomelanos" in FishBase. March 2012 version.
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