| Pacific white skate | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Bathyraja |
| Species: | B. spinosissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathyraja spinosissima | |
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The Pacific white skate (Bathyraja spinosissima) is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae. It is one of the deepest-living of all skates, occurring at a depth of 800 to 2,906m (2,600 and 9,500 feet) on the continental slope.[2] It is native to the southeast Pacific Ocean from the Galapagos Islands to off Waldport, Oregon; an egg case and embryo has been collected from the Farallon Islands off San Francisco. In 2023, the largest nursery of the species was discovered in the Pacific coast of Canada.[2]
- ^ Provost C., Ebert D.A. & Orlov A. "Bathyraja spinosissima. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015".
- ^ a b "Scientists discover active underwater volcano covered in giant eggs". indy100. Retrieved 2023-12-31.