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Thornback skate

Dentiraja lemprieri (Richardson, 1845)

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The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri) is a species in the family Rajidae, order Rajiformes.

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Quick facts about the thornback 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 thornback skate live?

Not recorded

Is the thornback 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 thornback skate classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderRajiformes
  5. familyRajidae
  6. genusDentiraja
  7. SpeciesDentiraja lemprieri (Richardson, 1845)

Synonyms Dipturus lemprieri, Okamejei lemprieri, Raia lemprieri, Raja dentata, Raja lemprieri

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Australian thornback skateEnglish
  • Denticulate skateEnglish
  • Denticulated skateEnglish
  • Lamprieres skateEnglish
  • Large thornback skateEnglish
  • Lempriere's skateEnglish
  • rejnok LemprierůvCzech
  • täpläkuonorauskuFinnish
  • Razza di LempriereItalian
  • Australische stekelrogDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the thornback skate

Other species in the same genus Dentiraja.

Skate

Dentiraja australis

RajidaeNo free photo yet

Hind skate

Dentiraja cerva

RajidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the thornback skate?

The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri) 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). Thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/thornback-skate

MLA

“Thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/thornback-skate.

BibTeX
@misc{thornback_skate_2026,
  title = {Thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/thornback-skate},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}