Jensen's skate
| Shorttail skate | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | A. jenseni
|
| Binomial name | |
| Amblyraja jenseni | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Raja jenseni | |
The Shorttail skate (Amblyraja jenseni) is a species of fish in Rajidae family. It occurs all around North Atlantic, off the coasts of New England, Nova Scotia, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Iceland and Ireland and also on the Mid-Atlantic ridge in depths of 167 to 2,548 metres (548 to 8,360 ft). Its maximum size is 74.3 centimetres (29.3 in) for males and 85 centimetres (33 in) for females. It eats teleost fishes and crustaceans. The back of the animal is brown and the underside gray or white. It lays oblong egg capsules with horn-like projections at the corners.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Amblyraja jenseni" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- "http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/161491". Retrieved 11 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title=
External links
 | This Rajiformes article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |