Bottlenose skate

Bottlenose skate

Taxobox
name = Bottlenose skate


status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Rajidae
genus = "Rostroraja"
species = "R. alba"
binomial = "Rostroraja alba"
binomial_authority = (Lacepède, 1803)
synonyms = The bottlenose skate, spearnose skate, or white skate ("Rostroraja alba") is a species of fish in the Rajidae family. It is found in Albania, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Republic of the Congo, Croatia, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Italy, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Portugal, Sao Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Togo, the United Kingdom, and Western Sahara. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Dulvy, N.K., Pasolini, P., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. Serena, F., Tinti, F., Ungaro, N., Mancusi, C. & Ellis, J.E. 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61408/all Rostroraja alba] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.


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