THORNY SKATE
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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The Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) is a species of fish in Rajidae family.
It mainly lives near the bottom of the coastline of North Atlantic Ocean in depths ranging from 20 to 1000 metres and temperatures from 1 to 10 degrees Celsius.
The length of its body and tail is generally slightly less than 1 meter and width is about half a meter.
Its underside is smooth, but the upper side is, as the name suggest, very rough with many small thorns all over and 13-17 larger ones in line from the back of the head to end of the tail.
The top side is brown with possibly black spots and the underside is white.
