Commander skate (Bathyraja lindbergi) fish species and information / pictures of Commander skate - Bathyraja lindbergi

Commander skate (Bathyraja lindbergi) fish species information

Scientific Name
Bathyraja lindbergi

Common Name
Commander skate

Biology
Vertebrae: 113 - 117. This species is distinguished from its congeners Bathyraja in having a whitish brown coloration on the ventral surface of the disk, contrasting the dark greyish brown on other parts; scapular spine absent; row of middorsal spines uninterrupted, running from before scapular arch to first dorsal (Ref. 75535).

Classification

Classified By

Ishiyama & Ishihara, 1977

Class

Sharks and Rays (Elasmobranchii)

Order

Skates and Rays (Rajiformes)

Family

Skates (Rajidae)

Distribution

Region

North Pacific

Distribution

North Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk off Hokkaido, Japan to the Bering Sea.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

126 m

Depth To - meters

1193 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 126 - 1193 m (Ref. 80796)

Trophic Level

3.95 s.e. 0.71 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

60.7 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100)

Resilience

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Least Concern (LC)