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Jensen's skate

Amblyraja jenseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)

Status not recordedsharks and rays

The jensen's skate (Amblyraja jenseni) is a species in the family Rajidae, order Rajiformes.

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Quick facts about the jensen's skate

Weight
Not recorded
Length
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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 jensen's skate live?

Not recorded

Is the jensen's 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 jensen's skate classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderRajiformes
  5. familyRajidae
  6. genusAmblyraja
  7. SpeciesAmblyraja jenseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)

Synonyms Raja jenseni

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Shorttail skateEnglish
  • rejnok JensenůvCzech
  • Jensens RokkeDanish
  • Jensens RochenGerman
  • lyhytpyrstörauskuFinnish
  • Raie de JensenFrench
  • Jensens-skataIcelandic
  • Jenseno rajaLithuanian
  • JensenskateNorwegian Bokmål
  • Jensen’s rogDutch
  • JensenskateNorwegian Nynorsk
  • KurzschwanzrochenGerman
  • Raie à Queue CourteFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jensen's skate

Other species in the same genus Amblyraja.

Thornback

Amblyraja radiata

RajidaeNo free photo yet

Artic skate

Amblyraja hyperborea

RajidaeNo free photo yet

CompareJensen's skate vs ThornbackJensen's skate vs Artic skateJensen's skate vs Whiteleg skateJensen's skate vs Southern thorny skate

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the jensen's skate?

The jensen's skate (Amblyraja jenseni) 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). Jensen's skate (Amblyraja jenseni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jensens-skate

MLA

“Jensen's skate (Amblyraja jenseni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/jensens-skate.

BibTeX
@misc{jensens_skate_2026,
  title = {Jensen's skate (Amblyraja jenseni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jensens-skate},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}