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| Dark-belly skate | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Bathyraja |
| Species: | B. meridionalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathyraja meridionalis Stehmann, 1987 | |
Bathyraja meridionalis, the dark-belly skate, is a species of skate from the western South Atlantic Ocean (Argentina and Uruguay). [1] It is an oviparous species; females lay eggs enclosed in a horny capsule. [2] [3] Male specimens can reach 120 cm. [1]
