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Amblyraja

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Amblyraja
Broad skate (A. hyperborea)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
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 species also occur in the East and North Pacific, the Arabian Sea, the sub-Antarctic, and off Southern Australia and New Zealand.

Species

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Eight recognized species are placed in this genus:[1]

Synonyms

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Amblyraja". FishBase. September 2024 version.