#2008 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Spotted Skate

🇳🇱 Gevlekte rog ·Raja montagui

LCleast concern 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Ross Bullimore · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © justindefever · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © buzzardboy77 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © justindefever · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Alex · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. England, GB:© Giosue Reale · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. North Atlantic Ocean, England, GB:© brexitsucks · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Parque Natural do Litoral Norte, Fão, Norte, PT:© maximilian_mayr · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bristol Channel, Cowbridge, Wales, GB:© Tate Lloyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. The Brae, Groomsport, Bangor BT19 6JN, UK:© Mark Jackson · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The spotted ray or spotted skate ( Raja montagui ) is a species of skate in the family Rajidae.

base stats

NL sightings 15iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 913iNaturalist 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

Spotted 15 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #3 most seen of the sharks & rays in NL.
913 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Henry Weed Fowler in 1910 (116 years ago).