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Jensen's skate

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Chondrichthyes

Family
  
Rajidae

Scientific name
  
Amblyraja jenseni

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rajiformes

Genus
  
Amblyraja

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Arctic skate, Amblyraja, Broad skate, Malacoraja, Rajella fyllae

The Shorttail skate (Amblyraja jenseni) is a species of fish in Rajidae family. It occurs all around North Atlantic, off the coasts of New England, Nova Scotia, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Iceland and Ireland and also on the Mid-Atlantic ridge in depths of 167 to 2,548 metres (548 to 8,360 ft). Its maximum size is 74.3 centimetres (29.3 in) for males and 85 centimetres (33 in) for females. It eats teleost fishes and crustaceans. The back of the animal is brown and the underside gray or white. It lays oblong egg capsules with horn-like projections at the corners.

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