New record and range extension of the Deepsea Skate, Bathyraja abyssicola (Chondrichthyes: Arhynchobatidae), in the Galapagos Islands

• Main Authors: FLORENCIA CERUTTI-PEREYRA, ANA B. YÁNEZ, DAVID A. EBERT, CAMILA ARNÉS-URGELLÉS, PELAYO SALINAS-DE-LEÓN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: ichthyology; fishes; skates; Galapagos; biogeography; Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranch; rays; Bathyraja; Pacific; Darwin Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1400761

Skates are a diverse group within the chondrichthyans and comprise a large component of the bycatch in many demersal fisheries. The distribution of the Deepsea Skate, Bathyraja abyssicola, is presently known to be limited to the northern temperate Pacific Ocean. We filmed B. abyssicola from a remote...