| Skillet skate | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Dactylobatus |
| Species: | D. armatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dactylobatus armatus (B. A. Bean & A. C. Weed, 1909) | |
The skillet skate (Dactylobatus armatus) is a small-bodied, deepwater skate in the family Rajidae.
Distribution and habitat
The skillet skate is typically found at depths between 338 and 625 m (1,109 and 2,051 ft). Found in the western central Atlantic, its range extends from South Carolina to southern Florida, the northern Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua and northern South America.
Description
The skillet skate is a small skate. Its total length is up to 32 cm. Its body is narrow and features a spatula-shaped lobe from the margin of each pectoral muscle. On the underside of the frontal disc, the skate displays characteristic spines.
Relationship to humans
This species is assessed as least concern.
References
- ^ Crysler, Z.; Kyne, P.M.; Navia, A.F.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Lasso-Alcalá, O.; Herman, K. (2020). "Dactylobatus armatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161556A124506056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161556A124506056.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Dactylobatus armatus, Skilletskate".
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| Dactylobatus armatus | |
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