Explore: Skates (fish)

is represented today by sharks, sawfish, rays and skates. The body plan of skates is caused by skate-specific genomic rearrangements that have altered

sawfish, rays and skates. Molecular evidence refutes the hypothesis that skates and rays are derived sharks. The monophyly of the skates, the stingrays,

Rajidae Pygmy skates, several genera of fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae Smooth skates or leg skates, several genera of fish belonging to the

cartilaginous fishes are distinct from all other jawed vertebrates. The class is divided into two subclasses: Elasmobranchii (sharks, rays, skates and sawfish)

dynasty, long before refrigeration was invented. It was found that skates were the only fish that could be transported over long distances or stored for extended

cases include some sharks, skates and chimaeras. Egg cases typically contain one embryo, except for big skate and mottled skate egg cases, which contain

both day and night, and typically feed on molluscs, crustaceans and fish. Raja skates are found in the East Atlantic, also in the Mediterranean, and western

with the male and female fish shedding their gametes into the surrounding water. In a few oviparous fish, such as the skates, fertilization is internal:

The devil fish or giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. It is currently listed as endangered, mostly due to bycatch

included. The smooth skates, the Anacanthobatidae, contain a single genus, Anacanthobatis, of about 10 species. They are small fish living on the continental