Aleutian skate

Aleutian skate
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Rajidae
Genus:	Bathyraja
Species:	B. aleutica
Binomial name
Bathyraja aleutica (C. H. Gilbert, 1896)

The Aleutian skate (Bathyraja aleutica) is a species of skate in the family Rajidae. It lives in depths ranging from 15 to 1602 meters in North Pacific Ocean from northern parts of Japan to the Aleutian Islands and southeastern Alaska. It has maximum total length of 161 centimeters. It is the most abundant species of the Bathyraja genus in the eastern Bering Sea slope and throughout the Gulf of Alaska. It is oviparous and produces oblong egg capsules with stiff horn in each corner. The embryo gets its nutrients from the yolk which is at first utilized for growth at a relatively constant rate but later in the development the yolk is absorbed rapidly.

References

• "http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Bathyraja+aleutica&b=FB2555". Retrieved 28 March 2009. External link in |title= (help)
• "Age, growth, and reproduction of the Aleutian skate, Bathyraja aleutica (Gilbert, 1896), from Alaskan waters". Retrieved 28 March 2009.
• "Embryonic Development of the Alaska and Aleutian Skate" (PDF). Retrieved 28 March 2009.