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title: "Abyssal Skate"
description: "Bathyraja abyssicola — Fische. The deep-sea skate (Bathyraja abyssicola) is a species of soft-nose skate, in the family Arhynchobatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/abyssal-skate
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Abyssal Skate

> Bathyraja abyssicola — Fische. The deep-sea skate (Bathyraja abyssicola) is a species of soft-nose skate, in the family Arhynchobatidae.

- Scientific name: *Bathyraja abyssicola*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 2
- Wikidata: [Q306261](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q306261)
- iNaturalist taxon: [95487](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/95487)

## Names

- en: Abyssal Skate
- es: Raya de profundidad
- nl: Diepzeerog

## Summary

The deep-sea skate (Bathyraja abyssicola) is a species of soft-nose skate, in the family Arhynchobatidae. The species name abyssicola comes from the Greek abyssos meaning "bottomless", and cola meaning "living at depths". It has a depressed body shape with an inferior mouth located underneath. Under the genus Bathyraja, B. abyssicola is also part of the order Rajiformes and subclass Elasmobranchii. This is a subclass of Chondrichthyes, or cartilaginous fish like other rays, skates, and sharks.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepsea_skate

## Photo

![Abyssal Skate](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/abyssal-skate/medium.jpg)

Photo: NOAA/MBARI · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bathyraja_abyssicola.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/abyssal-skate?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).