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| image = Amblyraja hyperborea1.jpg |
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| name = Arctic skate |
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| status_system = IUCN3.1 |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Chondrichthyes]] |
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| ordo = [[Rajiformes]] |
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|status_ref=<ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |author=Kulka, D.W. |author2=Barker, A.S. |author3=Pasolini, P. |author4=Orlov, A. |author5=Walls, R.H.L. |date=2016 |title=''Amblyraja hyperborea'' |page=e.T63119A68608464 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T63119A68608464.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> |
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| familia = [[Rajidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Amblyraja]]'' |
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| species = '''''A. hyperborea''''' |
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The '''Arctic skate''' (''Amblyraja hyperborea'') is a species of [[fish]] in [[Rajidae]] |
The '''Arctic skate''' (''Amblyraja hyperborea'') is a species of [[fish]] in the family [[Rajidae]]. It lives near the [[seabed]] between 140 and 2,500 m deep in the [[Arctic Ocean]] and waters around Canada and northern and north-western Europe, in the northern Pacific Ocean, and in waters surrounding Antarctica and New Zealand.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fishbase.us/summary/Amblyraja-hyperborea.html|title=Amblyraja hyperborea summary page|website=FishBase|language=en|access-date=2019-01-15}}</ref> |
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The Arctic skate is about 1 m long and is gray-brown with large dark spots. Its underside is white with dark patterns. It has thorns in line from back to near the end of its tail. It is [[oviparous]]; its [[egg (biology)|eggs]] are capsules with hard horns on each corner. It eats all sorts of small animals at the bottom of the sea.<ref name=":0" /> |
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* http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9256 |
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== Taxonomy == |
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This species was first described by [[Robert Collett]] in 1879 and named ''Raja hyperborea.''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Collett|first=Robert|date=1879|title=Fiske fra Nordhavs-Expeditionens sidste Togt, Sommeren 1878.|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43992911|journal=Forhandlinger I Videnskabs-selskabet I Christiania.|volume=1878|pages=1–64|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref> |
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== Conservation == |
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The Arctic skate is classified as being of "least concern" by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.<ref name ="iucn"/> |
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In New Zealand, the [[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]] has classified the Arctic skate as "Not Threatened" under the [[New Zealand Threat Classification System]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs23entire.pdf|title=Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016|last1=Duffy|first1=Clinton A. J.|last2=Francis|first2=Malcolm|last3=Dunn|first3=M. R.|last4=Finucci|first4=Brit|last5=Ford|first5=Richard|last6=Hitchmough|first6=Rod|last7=Rolfe|first7=Jeremy|publisher=Department of Conservation|year=2016|isbn=9781988514628|location=Wellington, New Zealand|pages=8|oclc=1042901090}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 02:05, 10 July 2024
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Amblyraja |
| Species: | A. hyperborea
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| Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879)
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The Arctic skate (Amblyraja hyperborea) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It lives near the seabed between 140 and 2,500 m deep in the Arctic Ocean and waters around Canada and northern and north-western Europe, in the northern Pacific Ocean, and in waters surrounding Antarctica and New Zealand.[2]
The Arctic skate is about 1 m long and is gray-brown with large dark spots. Its underside is white with dark patterns. It has thorns in line from back to near the end of its tail. It is oviparous; its eggs are capsules with hard horns on each corner. It eats all sorts of small animals at the bottom of the sea.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Robert Collett in 1879 and named Raja hyperborea.[3]
Conservation
[edit]The Arctic skate is classified as being of "least concern" by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]
In New Zealand, the Department of Conservation has classified the Arctic skate as "Not Threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Amblyraja hyperborea.
- ^ a b Kulka, D.W.; Barker, A.S.; Pasolini, P.; Orlov, A.; Walls, R.H.L. (2016). "Amblyraja hyperborea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T63119A68608464. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T63119A68608464.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Amblyraja hyperborea summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
- ^ Collett, Robert (1879). "Fiske fra Nordhavs-Expeditionens sidste Togt, Sommeren 1878". Forhandlinger I Videnskabs-selskabet I Christiania. 1878: 1–64 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2016). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 8. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.