Thorny skate

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Thorny skate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Amblyraja
Species:
A. radiata
Binomial name
Amblyraja radiata
(Donovan, 1808)
Synonyms
  • Raja radiata

The thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) is a species of

Rajidae. This bottom-living skate lives in the North and south-eastern Atlantic Ocean in depths ranging from 20 to 1,000 m (66–3,281 ft) and water temperatures from −1 to 14 °C (30–57 °F).[1]

Species description

The thorny skate reaches up to 1.05 m (3.4 ft) in

crustaceans, small fishes, and worms. It produces egg capsules
, which are 3.4-8.9 cm long and 2.3-6.8 cm wide, which hatch outside the body.

Conservation status

Thorny skate are taken as bycatch in some fisheries. It is a U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service species of concern, which are those species about which the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, has some concerns regarding status and threats, but for which insufficient information is available to indicate a need to list the species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Amblyraja radiata" in FishBase. December 2017 version.

Kulka, D.W., Ellis, J., Anderson, B., Cotton, C.F., Derrick, D., Pacoureau, N. & Dulvy, N.K. 2020. Amblyraja radiata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161542A124503504. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161542A124503504.en. Accessed on 20 March 2022.

External links

  • Species Description of Amblyraja radiata at www.shark-references.com
  • "Thorny Skate". Florida Museum.