Raja rhina
| Longnose skate | |
|---|---|
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| A longnose skate near Santa Cruz Island in 2011 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Raja |
| Species: | R. rhina |
| Binomial name | |
| Raja rhina | |
Raja rhina, also known as the longnose skate, is a species of skate mostly found on the Alaska Coastline, Eastern Bering Sea, Baja California, and the Gulf of California. The longnose skate is found at a deeper depth then the big skate; up to 1000m.
Description
The longnose skate has an elongate snout and deeply notched pelvic fins. Also the longnose skate is roughly 140cm in size. The Longnose skate normally lives for 13 years.
Reproduction
The longnose skates egg case is large and smooth its also has large webbed keels on posterior and anterior margins. More about the egg case, the egg case maximum size is 150mm long and 120mm wide.
References
- ↑ http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/aku/akuh07003/akuh07003.pdf
- ↑ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/2566
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/161595/0
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