| Rajidae (Skates) |
| 123 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 11 kg |
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bathydemersal; depth range 150 - 1170 m |
| Northeast Atlantic: Iceland and along rise to Faroes, also Norwegian coasts and Skagerrak. Northwest Atlantic: western Greenland. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 0-0. Snout moderately long, its tip pointed and somewhat protruding; upper surface predominantly smooth, only on head and front margins more or less prickly, tail entirely spinulose, underside smooth; up to 4 thorns in front of as well as behind eye, a continuous median row of 42-51 thorns from nape to first dorsal fin (Ref. 3167). Upper surface plain fawn color, slate grey or clay grey, lower surface white, with a grey longitudinal band along tail and grey blotch on either side of cloaca (Ref. 6902). |
| Occur in moderately deep water but mainly around 250 m in boreal and partly arctic latitudes (Ref. 3167). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feed on all kinds of bottom animals (Ref. 3167). Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205). Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats (Ref. 205). Egg capsules are 10.7 cm long and 7.7 cm wide (Ref. 41251, 41301). |
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(Ref. 96402)
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| harmless |
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