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Blackbelly skate

Breviraja nigriventralis McEachran & Matheson, 1985

Status not recordedsharks and rays

The blackbelly skate (Breviraja nigriventralis) is a species in the family Rajidae, order Rajiformes.

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Quick facts about the blackbelly skate

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blackbelly skate live?

Not recorded

Is the blackbelly skate endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blackbelly skate classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderRajiformes
  5. familyRajidae
  6. genusBreviraja
  7. SpeciesBreviraja nigriventralis McEachran & Matheson, 1985
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Blackbelly ShortskateEnglish
  • rejnok černobřichýCzech
  • ZwartbuikrogDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blackbelly skate

Other species in the same genus Breviraja.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the blackbelly skate?

The blackbelly skate (Breviraja nigriventralis) belongs to the family Rajidae in the order Rajiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blackbelly skate (Breviraja nigriventralis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blackbelly-skate

MLA

“Blackbelly skate (Breviraja nigriventralis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blackbelly-skate.

BibTeX
@misc{blackbelly_skate_2026,
  title = {Blackbelly skate (Breviraja nigriventralis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blackbelly-skate},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}