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Rajidae
Thintail skate
Dipturus leptocauda
A slender tail crosses the deep seafloor
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- South America
- Large
Regional distribution
Marine fish
LargeThe thintail skate (Dipturus leptocauda) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is open seas.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Skates
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Dipturus
- Maximum length
- 67 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Southwest Atlantic: off Brazil, from São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul; and Uruguay (Ref. 58839 ).
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Order
Family
Water
Conservation status
