Rajidae

Clearnose skate

Rostroraja eglanteria

Translucent snout patches

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• Other
• Large
• Tropical fish

The clearnose skate (Rostroraja eglanteria) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Rajidae. R. eglanteria is also known by other common names such as the brier skate and summer skate. Clearnose skates are easily identified by the translucent patches on either side of their snouts and their mottled dorsal surface.