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White-dotted skate
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Rajidae
Genus:	Bathyraja
Species:	B. albomaculata
Binomial name
	Bathyraja albomaculata; (Norman, 1937)

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The white-dotted skate (Bathyraja albomaculata) is a species of skate in the family Rajidae. It lives in the Southwest Atlantic off the coast of Uruguay, Argentina and the Falkland Islands and uncommonly off Chile (Guamblin Island) in the Southeast Pacific, at depths ranging from 55 to 861 metres. Males reach maturity at the age of about 11 years and females about 10 years. At maturity the total length of males is about 62.8 cm and females 65.3 cm. The oldest reported specimen was 17 years old. The maximum length has been estimated to be almost one metre. It is oviparous. Egg capsules are oblong having horned corners, the horns at the back end appear first and are longer, and thinner than the front ones. Capsules are barrel-shaped, quite smooth, yellow-brown when freshly laid, but they get darker. Egg laying has been observed year-round, but most frequently in autumn and winter.^[1]^: 48 The animal eats mainly benthopelagic gammarids and polychaetes and also isopods. Juvenile white-dotted skates eat mostly gammarid amphipods, while adults eat mostly polychaetes.^[1]^: 337

References

^ ^a ^b Carrier, Jeffrey C.; Musick, John A.; Heithaus, Michael R., eds. (2010). Sharks and Their Relatives II Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation (2nd ed.). Hoboken: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-8048-3. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

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"Reproductive biology and abundance of the white-dotted skate, Bathyraja albomaculata, in the Southwest Atlantic". Retrieved 27 March 2009.

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[Sharks-1] Carrier, Jeffrey C.; Musick, John A.; Heithaus, Michael R., eds. (2010). Sharks and Their Relatives II Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation (2nd ed.). Hoboken: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-8048-3. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

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-The '''White-dotted skate''' (''Bathyraja albomaculata'') is a [[species]] of [[Skate (fish)|skate]] in the family [[Rajidae]]. It lives in the Southwest [[Atlantic]] off the coast of [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]] and the [[Falkland Islands]] and uncommonly off [[Chile]] ([[Guamblin Island]]) in the Southeast [[Pacific]], at depths ranging from 55 to 861 metres. Males reach maturity at the age of about 11 years and females about 10 years. At maturity the total length of males is about 62.8&nbsp;cm and females 65.3&nbsp;cm. The oldest reported specimen was 17 years old. The maximum length has been estimated to be almost one metre. It is [[oviparous]]. [[Egg case (Chondrichthyes)|Egg capsules]] are oblong having horned corners, the horns at the back end appear first and are longer, and thinner than the front ones. Capsules are barrel-shaped, quite smooth, yellow-brown when freshly laid, but they get darker. Egg laying has been observed year-round, but most frequently in autumn and winter.<ref name=Sharks>{{cite book|editor1-last=Carrier|editor1-first=Jeffrey C.|editor2-last=Musick|editor2-first=John A.|editor3-last=Heithaus|editor3-first=Michael R.|title=Sharks and Their Relatives II Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation|date=2010|publisher=CRC Press|location=Hoboken|isbn=978-1-4200-8048-3|edition=2nd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VioW40mAljUC&pg=PA91&dq=Bathyraja+albomaculata&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO5sGOiaDJAhVPpYgKHc3CB28Q6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=Bathyraja%20albomaculata&f=false|accessdate=20 November 2015}}</ref>{{Rp|48}}  The animal eats mainly [[benthopelagic]] [[gammarid]]s and [[polychaetes]] and also [[isopods]].  Juvenile white-dotted skates eat mostly gammarid amphipods, while adults eat mostly polychaetes.<ref name=Sharks />{{Rp|337}}
+The '''white-dotted skate''' (''Bathyraja albomaculata'') is a [[species]] of [[Skate (fish)|skate]] in the family [[Rajidae]]. It lives in the Southwest [[Atlantic]] off the coast of [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]] and the [[Falkland Islands]] and uncommonly off [[Chile]] ([[Guamblin Island]]) in the Southeast [[Pacific]], at depths ranging from 55 to 861 metres. Males reach maturity at the age of about 11 years and females about 10 years. At maturity the total length of males is about 62.8&nbsp;cm and females 65.3&nbsp;cm. The oldest reported specimen was 17 years old. The maximum length has been estimated to be almost one metre. It is [[oviparous]]. [[Egg case (Chondrichthyes)|Egg capsules]] are oblong having horned corners, the horns at the back end appear first and are longer, and thinner than the front ones. Capsules are barrel-shaped, quite smooth, yellow-brown when freshly laid, but they get darker. Egg laying has been observed year-round, but most frequently in autumn and winter.<ref name=Sharks>{{cite book|editor1-last=Carrier|editor1-first=Jeffrey C.|editor2-last=Musick|editor2-first=John A.|editor3-last=Heithaus|editor3-first=Michael R.|title=Sharks and Their Relatives II Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation|date=2010|publisher=CRC Press|location=Hoboken|isbn=978-1-4200-8048-3|edition=2nd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VioW40mAljUC&pg=PA91&dq=Bathyraja+albomaculata&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO5sGOiaDJAhVPpYgKHc3CB28Q6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=Bathyraja%20albomaculata&f=false|accessdate=20 November 2015}}</ref>{{Rp|48}}  The animal eats mainly [[benthopelagic]] [[gammarid]]s and [[polychaetes]] and also [[isopods]].  Juvenile white-dotted skates eat mostly gammarid amphipods, while adults eat mostly polychaetes.<ref name=Sharks />{{Rp|337}}
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 * {{Cite web |url=http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/63/1/105#SEC4 |title=Reproductive biology and abundance of the white-dotted skate, Bathyraja albomaculata, in the Southwest Atlantic |accessdate= 27 March 2009}}
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-[[Category:Bathyraja]]
-[[Category:Animals described in 1937]]
+[[Category:Bathyraja|white-dotted skate]]
 [[Category:Fish of Argentina]]
 [[Category:Fish of Uruguay]]
 [[Category:Fish of Chile]]
+[[Category:Southeastern South American coastal fauna]]
+[[Category:Fish described in 1937|white-dotted skate]]
 {{Rajiformes-stub}}