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Maltese Skate
Plate 1 of 1. Cristina Porcu, Martina F. Marongiu, Andrea Bellodi, Rita Cannas, Alessandro Cau, Riccardo (CC BY 4.0) · via Wikimedia
IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Maltese Skate

Leucoraja melitensis

The Maltese skate or Maltese ray (Leucoraja melitensis) is a species of fish in the Rajidae family. It is found in Algeria, Italy, Malta, and Tunisia. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 104538.