Thornback Skate
Dentiraja lemprieri
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Sharks and rays
The thornback skate is a species of skate of the family Rajidae. A bottom-dwelling fish, it is endemic to Australia, occurring in relatively shallow waters from near-shore to 170 metres. The thornback skate can grow up to 52 cm long.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Rajiformes
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Dentiraja