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Smalleyed Skate

Raja microocellata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 112, February 82, March 129, April 203, May 293, June 320, July 342, August 294, September 216, October 161, November 88, December 69.
United States2,309
Alaska2,309
United Kingdom28
Portugal18
England15
Wales13
COIMBRA10
France7
Bretagne6
AVEIRO5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassCartilaginous Fishes · Chondrichthyes
OrderSkates · Rajiformes
FamilyHardnose Skates · Rajidae
GenusRaja

Sources

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