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Rajidae
Skilletskate
Dactylobatus armatus
Four capsule horns pierce deep soft ground
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Other
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Other
MediumSkilletskate is a marine fish from Western Central Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 32 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Skates
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Dactylobatus
- Maximum length
- 32 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: South Carolina, USA to the Gulf of Mexico and along Central America to Venezuela. Also found on middle continental slope off southern Brazil.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
