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Shorttail Skate
Amblyraja 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...
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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 93837.