| Smoothback skate | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Rajella |
| Species: | R. ravidula |
| Binomial name | |
| Rajella ravidula (Hulley, 1970) | |
The smoothback skate (Rajella ravidula) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is open seas. Males can reach 70 cm in total length. [2]
Percy Alexander Hulley is a South African zoologist and ichthyologist.. He is a research associate at the South African Museum and has described many species of fish including the taillight shark.
The New Zealand rough skate, Zearaja nasuta, is a skate of the genus Zearaja, found around New Zealand at depths between 10 and 1,500 m. Its length is up to 1 m. This species has been assessed by the IUCN as of Least Concern. In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the New Zealand rough skate as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Conservation Dependant" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.
The prickly deep-sea skate, or spinydeep-sea skate, is a deep sea skate in the family Arhynchobatidae. It lives off New Zealand, at depths of from 170 to 1,400 m on the continental shelf. Their length is from 60 to 80 cm.
The smoothback angelshark is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
The Madagascar skate is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss. The IUCN describes the species as "a relatively small, poorly known, rare, deepwater skate with a limited distribution in the Western Indian Ocean off the west coast of Madagascar. [It is b]enthic on the continental slope at depths of 300 to 850 m. Virtually nothing is known of the biology of the species."
The African dwarf skate, or South African pygmy skate, is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is open seas.
A round skate is a common name that is used for several different species of rays:
The bigthorn skate is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is found in Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Western Sahara, possibly Angola, possibly Benin, possibly Cameroon, possibly the Republic of the Congo, possibly Ivory Coast, possibly Gabon, possibly Liberia, possibly Nigeria, and possibly Togo. Its natural habitat is open seas.
Rajella is a genus of skate found deeper than 150 m (490 ft) in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.
The munchkin skate is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is open seas.
The ghost skate is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is open seas.
The leopard skate is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is open seas.
The blackish skate is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is found in Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is open seas.
The Brazilian skate is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is found in Brazil and Chile. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is not well known but is thought to be threatened by bycatch of Patagonian toothfish.
Rajella lintea is a species of fish belonging to the family Rajidae.
Bigelow's ray, also called the chocolate skate or Bigelow's skate, is a species of skate in the family Rajidae. It is named in honour of the oceanographer Henry Bryant Bigelow.
The deepwater ray, also called the deepwater skate or abyssal skate, is a species of skate in the family Rajidae.
Rajella fyllae is a species of skate in the family Rajidae.
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