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Amblyraja

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Order
  
Rajiformes

Scientific name
  
Amblyraja

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Superorder
  
Batoidea

Family
  
Rajidae

Higher classification
  
Skate

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Lower classifications
  
Thorny skate, Arctic skate, Antarctic starry skate, Broad skate, Southern thorny skate

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Amblyraja is a genus of skates that primarily are found in the Atlantic, but there are also species in the East and North Pacific, the Arabian Sea, the sub-Antarctic, and off southern Australia and New Zealand.

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Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

  • Amblyraja badia (Garman, 1899) (Broad skate)
  • Amblyraja doellojuradoi (Pozzi, 1935) (Southern thorny skate)
  • Amblyraja frerichsi (G. Krefft, 1968) (Thickbody skate)
  • Amblyraja georgiana (Norman, 1938) (Antarctic starry skate)
  • Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879) (Arctic skate)
  • Amblyraja jenseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) (Shorttail Skate)
  • Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808) (Starry Skate)
  • Amblyraja reversa (Lloyd, 1906) (Reversed skate)
  • Amblyraja robertsi (Hulley, 1970) (Bigmouth skate)
  • Amblyraja taaf (E. E. Meisner, 1987) (Whiteleg skate)

    • References

    Amblyraja Wikipedia
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