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Spinose skate

Breviraja spinosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950

Status not recordedsharks and rays

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

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Quick facts about the spinose 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 spinose skate live?

Not recorded

Is the spinose 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 spinose skate classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderRajiformes
  5. familyRajidae
  6. genusBreviraja
  7. SpeciesBreviraja spinosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950
Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Spiny ShortskateEnglish
  • rejnok trnotělýCzech
  • ヨロイカスベJapanese
  • NetelrogDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spinose skate

Other species in the same genus Breviraja.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the spinose skate?

The spinose skate (Breviraja spinosa) 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). Spinose skate (Breviraja spinosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spinose-skate

MLA

“Spinose skate (Breviraja spinosa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/spinose-skate.

BibTeX
@misc{spinose_skate_2026,
  title = {Spinose skate (Breviraja spinosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spinose-skate},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}