Amblyraja | |
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Broad Skate (A. badia) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rajiformes |
Family: | Rajidae |
Genus: |
Amblyraja Malm, 1877 |
Type species | |
Raja radiata Donovan, 1808 |
Amblyraja is a genus of skates that primarily are found in the Atlantic, but there are also species in the East and North Pacific, the Arabian Sea, the sub-Antarctic, and off southern Australia and New Zealand.
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: