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Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808) 
AphiaID: 105865

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Rajidae (Family) > Amblyraja (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amblyraja Malm, 1877
Synonymised
taxa
  Raia americana DeKay, 1842
Raia scabrata Garman, 1913
Raja radiata Donovan, 1808 (basionym)
Sources  original description: Donovan, E. (1802-08). The natural history of British fishes, including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, and an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates. London. 1-516 unnumbered, Pls. 1-120. [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Packer, D.B., C.A. Zetlin and J.J. Vitaliano. 2003. Essential fish habitat source document: thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata, life history and habitat characteristics. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE 178. 39 p. [details]

additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

from synonym: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish tærbe  [details]
Dutch keilrog (from synonym)  [details]
Dutch sterrog  [details]
English starry ray  [details]
English thorny skate  [details]
French étoilée (from synonym)  [details]
French raie épineuse  [details]
French raie radiée (from synonym)  [details]
German Sternroche (from synonym)  [details]
German Sternrochen  [details]
Icelandic tindaskata  [details]
Lithuanian žvaigždėtoji raja  [details]
Norwegian kloskate  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål kloskate  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk kloskate  [details]
Polish raja promienista  [details]
Swedish klorocka  [details]
Welsh morgath bigog  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Davis Strait (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
De Haan (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 18 (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
FAO fishing area 21 (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Hudson Strait (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North East Coast of England (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic [details]
Scotland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) [details]
Southern Bight (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wimereux (not certain) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (98 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (86 nucleotides; 102 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Crustaceans, bony fishes and polychaete worms [details]

Distribution: Greenland and Hudson Bay to South Carolina [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Habitat: Found on hard and soft bottoms; depth range of 20-1000m. [details]

Importance: Social- Minor commercial, gamefish [details]

Predators: Sharks, other rays and grey seals. [details]

Reproduction: Internal fertilization; oviparous [details]
Images 
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
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Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
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Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
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Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
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Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
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Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
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Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
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Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
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Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
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Poll (1947, fig. 056, 057, 058 & 059)
Poll (1947, fig. 056, 057, 058 & 059)
added on 2008-08-12 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Clark & Williamson)
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Poll (1947, fig. 060)
Poll (1947, fig. 060)
added on 2008-08-12 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Clark)
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Amblyraja radiata
Amblyraja radiata
added on 2010-02-10 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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Skates from the Gulf and Estuary of St. Lawrence
Skates from the Gulf and Estuary of St. Lawrence
added on 2010-10-20 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Amblyraja radiata - thorny skate juvenile
Amblyraja radiata - thorny skate juvenile
added on 2010-11-24 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Thorny skate egg case
Thorny skate egg case
added on 2010-11-24 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Amblyraja radiata - thorny skate
Amblyraja radiata - thorny skate
added on 2011-02-23 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
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Raja radiata
[image from synonym]
Raja radiata
added on 2011-03-29 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Heinz Wiele ()
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Raja radiata
[image from synonym]
Raja radiata
added on 2011-03-29 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Heinz Wiele ()
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Raja radiata
[image from synonym]
Raja radiata
added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, David McRuer and Cheryl Frail ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105865
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105865 on 2013-05-19
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