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Rajidae
barndoor skate
Dipturus laevis
A skate rebounding after heavy fishing
- Temperate
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Other
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Other
Largebarndoor skate is a marine fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 163 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Skates
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Dipturus
- Maximum length
- 163 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Grand Bank and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada to North Carolina, USA. Threatened with extinction by intensive trawling (Ref. 27438 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
