. Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and Northeastern Pacific / M. James Allen, Gary B. Smith. Fishes Bering Sea Geographical BERING SKATE, Bathyraja interrupta (Gill and Townsend 1897) Rajidae: Skates Taxonomic comment The Bering skate is Raja interrupta in Robins (1980), but has been placed in the genus Bathyraja by others more recently (, Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; Ishihara and Ishiyama 1985). Ishihara and Ishiyama (1985) regard the sandpaper skate, Bathyraja (=Raja) kincaidii, to be the same species as the Bering skate, with Bathyraja kincaidii bei
. Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and Northeastern Pacific / M. James Allen, Gary B. Smith. Fishes Bering Sea Geographical BERING SKATE, Bathyraja interrupta (Gill and Townsend 1897) Rajidae: Skates Taxonomic comment The Bering skate is Raja interrupta in Robins (1980), but has been placed in the genus Bathyraja by others more recently (, Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; Ishihara and Ishiyama 1985). Ishihara and Ishiyama (1985) regard the sandpaper skate, Bathyraja (=Raja) kincaidii, to be the same species as the Bering skate, with Bathyraja kincaidii being a junior synonym of Bathyraja interrupta. In addition, an undescribed species, generally included with Bathyraja kincaidii, may also occur in the northeastern Pacific (J. D. McEachren, Dep. Wildl. Fish. Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2258, pers. commun. August 1983). Literature Reported from the Bering Sea off Cape Navarin and Unalaska Island to Cortez Bank off southern California (Hart 1973; Howe 1981; Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; Ishihara and Ishiyama 1985) and in depth from 54 to 1380 m (Miller and Lea 1972; Howe 1981). Survey data Found from the western Bering Sea off Cape Navarin and Agattu Island in the Aleutian Islands to Santa Barbara, Califor- nia. In the Bering Sea, along the outer shelf. Depth range 25 to 725 m, most commonly ( of occurrences) on the outer shelf between 100 and 150 m, and of occurrences from depths of 50 to 450 m. Survey data extend the known range of this species along the Aleutian Islands, define its range in the Bering Sea, and extend its known range into more shallow water. However, the undescribed species may be included in the survey data (especially in the south) and, in the Bering Sea, other species of skates, such as the Alaska skate, Bathyraja parmifera, or Aleutian skate, Bathyraja aleutica, may have been confused with this species. Further study is needed on the systematics of this and other Bathyraja spe
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