Deep-Sea taxon details
Bathyraja richardsoni (Garrick, 1961)
105867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105867)
accepted
Species
Raja richardsoni Garrick, 1961 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Raja richardsoni Garrick, 1961) Garrick, J. A. F. (1961). Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part XIII--A new species of Raja from 1,300 fathoms. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 88(4): 743-748. [details]
Distribution Southern Labrador to southwestern Georges Bank
Distribution Southern Labrador to southwestern Georges Bank [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bathyraja richardsoni (Garrick, 1961). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105867 on 2026-07-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bathyraja richardsoni (Garrick, 1961). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105867 on 2026-07-02
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(of Raja richardsoni Garrick, 1961) Garrick, J. A. F. (1961). Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part XIII--A new species of Raja from 1,300 fathoms. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 88(4): 743-748. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on fish and some shrimps [details]Distribution Southern Labrador to southwestern Georges Bank [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found in deep waters on lower part of continental slopes . [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | deepwater skate | [details] |
| French | raie de profondeurs | [details] |
| German | Richardsons Tiefenrochen | [details] |
| Lithuanian | Ričardsono raja | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Raja richardsoni Garrick, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathyraja richardsoni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raja richardsoni Garrick, 1961)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Raja richardsoni Garrick, 1961)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Raja richardsoni Garrick, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathyraja richardsoni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raja richardsoni Garrick, 1961)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Raja richardsoni Garrick, 1961)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
