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#2049 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Little Skate

🇳🇱 Kleine rog ·Leucoraja erinaceus

LCleast concern 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 outside Europe
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © augien · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Crystal Hiltz · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Teá Montagna · CC BY 4.0
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  7. 7. © Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
  8. 8. © Lara Gibson · CC BY 4.0
Little Skate, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © augien · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The little skate ( Leucoraja erinaceus ) is a species of skate in the family Rajidae, found from Nova Scotia to North Carolina on sand or gravel habitats. They are one of the dominant members of the demersal fish community in the northwestern Atlantic. This species is of minimal commercial importance and is mainly used as bait for lobster traps, though its wings are also marketed for food. It is also important as a model organism for biological...

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,643iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

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

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 1,643 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Little Skate
Nederlands
Kleine rog
scientific name
Leucoraja erinaceus
class
Chondrichthyes
order
Rajiformes
family
Rajidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
1,643
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Rajidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1383579, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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