Raja stellulata
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| Raja stellulata, conventional and X-ray images | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Raja |
| Species: | R. stellulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Raja stellulata D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Raja montereyensis | |
Raja stellulata, the Pacific starry skate, rock skate, prickly skate or starry skate, is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Rajidae. It is found on rocky bottoms at 18–982 m depths (typically 70–150 m) in the Northeast and Eastern Central Pacific, from Coronado Bank in northern Baja California in Mexico to Barkley Sound in British Columbia, Canada. Females reach a maximum total length of 76.1 cm and a maximum age of 15 years, while males can be up to 71.7 cm long and live up to 14 years; the total length at birth is 15.5–22.5 cm. This skate prefers cold water with a temperature of 4.1–11.6 °C (average 8.9 °C).[1]
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- 1 2 Bigman, J.S., Ebert, D.A., Robinson, H.J. & Cailliet, G.M. (2016). Raja stellulata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T161629A80677268.en
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