Bigmouth skate

Bigmouth skate

Taxobox

name = Bigmouth skate
regnum = Animalia
Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
superordo = Batoidea
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Rajidae
genus = Amblyraja
species = A. robertsi
binomial = Amblyraja robertsi
binomial_authority = Hulley, 1970

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. It's 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.

References

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Amblyraja+robertsi


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