. Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and Northeastern Pacific / M. James Allen, Gary B. Smith. Fishes Bering Sea Geographical 'STARRY SKATE," Raja stellulata Complex Rajidae: Skates Taxonomie comment This complex includes at least two species: the Alaska skate, Bathyraja pannifera (Bean 1881), and the starry skate, Raja stellulata Jordan and Gilbert 1880, which have been called "starry skate" in the field. Field characters used for distinguishing the two species have only recently been well described (see Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Literatu
. Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and Northeastern Pacific / M. James Allen, Gary B. Smith. Fishes Bering Sea Geographical 'STARRY SKATE," Raja stellulata Complex Rajidae: Skates Taxonomie comment This complex includes at least two species: the Alaska skate, Bathyraja pannifera (Bean 1881), and the starry skate, Raja stellulata Jordan and Gilbert 1880, which have been called "starry skate" in the field. Field characters used for distinguishing the two species have only recently been well described (see Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Literature The starry skate has been reported from the Bering Sea and Unalaska Island to northern Baja California at depths of 18 to 732 m (Wilimovsky 1964; Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). The Alaska skate has been reported from the western Bering Sea and Amchitka Island to southeastern Alaska at depths of 18 to 1000 m (Andriyashev 1939; Fedorov 1973a; Simenstad et al. 1977; Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; Baxter 1985). Survey data Taken in surveys from Cape Navarin in the western Bering Sea and west of the Delarof Islands in the Aleutian Islands to Point Reyes, California. Depth range 25 to 675 m, most frequently ( of occurrences) on the middle shelf between 50 and 100 m, and of occurrences from depths <200 m. Survey data for this complex of species cannot be used to describe range limits; however, the data do show the distribution of this complex in the Bering Sea, and may be of use to future taxonomie and ecological studies. Most records of this complex in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands are probably of Alaska skate, and most south of southeastern Alaska are probably starry skate. Relative abundance of the two species in the Gulf of Alaska is not known at present, although the Alaska skate is probably the more abundant species. Conclusions "Starry skate" complex consists of two or more boreal Pacific, sublittoral species that need to be accurately identified in fi
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