''Amblyraja taaf'', commonly known as the whiteleg skate or thorny skate, is a little-known
skate
Skate or Skates may refer to: Fish
*Skate (fish), several genera of fish belonging to the family Rajidae
* Pygmy skates, several genera of fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae
* Smooth skates or leg skates, several genera of fish belongin ...
found at depths ranging from 150 to 600 m. It has been located off
Crozet and
Kerguelen Islands. Other specimens have been found off the coast of South Africa and Madagascar, but may be unrepresentative of the skate's native regions.
Because of the limited knowledge of its biology and extent of capture in fisheries, this species is assessed as data deficient.
References
Rajiformes
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