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Bigmouth skate

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Rajiformes

Genus
  
Amblyraja

Higher classification
  
Amblyraja

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Rajidae

Scientific name
  
Amblyraja robertsi

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Amblyraja, Skate, Batoids, Rajiformes, Broad skate

The bigmouth skate (Amblyraja robertsi) is a species of fish in the Rajidae family. It lives near the bottom in deep waters in Southeast Atlantic in depths below 1000 meters. Its maximum size is 77 centimeters. It has a hard, roughly triangular snout, smooth body with star-based thorns around eyes, in tail and elsewhere. Top side is dark gray and underside has white spots. As the name suggest, it has a large mouth.

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Bigmouth skate Wikipedia