The aguja skate (''Bathyraja aguja'') is a species of

skate Skate or Skates may refer to: Fish *Skate (fish), several genera of fish belonging to the family Rajidae * Pygmy skates, several genera of fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae * Smooth skates or leg skates, several genera of fish belongin ...

in the family

Arhynchobatidae Arhynchobatidae is a family of skates and is commonly known as the softnose skates. It belongs to the order Rajiformes in the superorder Batoidea of rays. At least 104 species have been described, in 13 genera. Softnose skates have at times been ...

. Little is known about this fish. It has not been collected since its discovery in the open seas off the

coast The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the coastline. The Earth has around of coastline. Coasts are important zones in n ...

of Peru in 1904.

References

Bathyraja Fish of Peru Fish described in 1912 Taxa named by William Converse Kendall Taxa named by Lewis Radcliffe Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rajiformes-stub