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Onefin skate

Gurgesiella dorsalifera McEachran & Compagno, 1980

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The onefin skate (Gurgesiella dorsalifera) is a species in the family Gurgesiellidae, order Rajiformes.

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Quick facts about the onefin 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 onefin skate live?

Not recorded

Is the onefin 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 onefin skate classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderRajiformes
  5. familyGurgesiellidae
  6. genusGurgesiella
  7. SpeciesGurgesiella dorsalifera McEachran & Compagno, 1980
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • rejnok jednoploutvýCzech
  • brasilianrauskunenFinnish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the onefin skate

Other species in the same genus Gurgesiella.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the onefin skate?

The onefin skate (Gurgesiella dorsalifera) belongs to the family Gurgesiellidae 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). Onefin skate (Gurgesiella dorsalifera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/onefin-skate

MLA

“Onefin skate (Gurgesiella dorsalifera).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/onefin-skate.

BibTeX
@misc{onefin_skate_2026,
  title = {Onefin skate (Gurgesiella dorsalifera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/onefin-skate},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}