#2010 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Undulate Skate

🇳🇱 Golfrog ·Raja undulata

NTnear threatened 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Nicholas Horncastle · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Bretagne, FR:© Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Galicia, ES:© Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Portugal:© João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Languedoc-Roussillon, FR:© Virginie Zajdel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Portugal:© Nicole Viana · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Bretagne, FR:© Jean-Pierre Boissé · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The undulate ray ( Raja undulata ) is a species of ray and cartilaginous fish found in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic from southern Ireland and England to the Gulf of Guinea. It is found in areas with mud or sand, and may occur as deep as 200 m (660 ft), though it prefers shallower depths. It is considered endangered due to overfishing.

base stats

NL sightings 8iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,426iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #5 most seen of the sharks & rays in NL.
1,426 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1802 (224 years ago).