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round skate (Rajella fyllae)
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round skate (Rajella fyllae) specimen
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Rajidae

round skate

Rajella fyllae

Sixty Centimeters Ray of the Atlantic Ocean

  • Offshore
  • Circumpolar Arctic
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Polar regions
  • Other
  • Large

Rajella fyllae is a species of skate in the family Rajidae.

Order
Skates
Family
Rajidae
Genus
Rajella
Maximum length
60 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
other
Distribution
North Atlantic and adjacent fringes of the Arctic Region: offshore of Gulf of Maine and slopes off Newfoundland banks and Labrador to southern Baffin Bay, around southern Greenland to Denmark Strait, south of Iceland, and along Faroe-Shetland ridge to the Skagerrak; west of British Isles from Porcupine Bank and Rockall Plateau to Faroe Islands; and off Norwegian coasts to western Barents Sea and Svalbard.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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