Thorny skate: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the thorny skate lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Amblyraja radiata
Group	Rays, skates & chimaeras
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	11 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Rajiformes
Family	Rajidae

Where does the thorny skate live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the thorny skate in 11 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the thorny skate endangered?

The thorny skate’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the thorny skate?

The thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Rajiformes and the family Rajidae, genus Amblyraja. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the thorny skate

The thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. This bottom-living skate lives in the North and south-eastern Atlantic Ocean in depths ranging from 20 to 1,000 m (66–3,281 ft) and water temperatures from −1 to 14 °C (30–57 °F).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Thorny skate (revision 1381422031), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q599499 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).