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Rajidae
Madeiran ray
Raja maderensis
Vulnerable Ray in the Record
- Island endemic
- Island endemic species
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Other
- Large
Island endemic
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Other
LargeRaja maderensis, also known as the Madeiran ray or Madeiran skate, is a species of hardnose skate.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Skates
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Raja
- Maximum length
- 85 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: endemic to Madeira; possibly Azores. Nominal records from western Africa and the Canary Islands could not be verified and are probably misidentifications.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
