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McCain's Skate

Bathyraja maccaini

Bathyraja maccaini, also known as McCain's skate, is a species of softnose skate in the family Arhynchobatidae. It is a demersal species. Its range is poorly understood, but it is distributed in Antarctic and Subantarctic waters from the Orkney and South Shetland Islands to the Antarctic Peninsula. Its distribution may also extend into the Weddell and Ross Seas. It is typically found at depths between 91 and 500 metres.

It is currently listed by the IUCN as being least concern.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 95506.