Big skate
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| Raja binoculata Girard, 1855 |
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Dipturus binoculata Girard, 1855 |
The Big Skate (Raja binoculata) is a species of fish in the Rajidae family. Also known as Pacific Great Skate, it grows to 2.4m (8 ft.). It is found in the Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea to the Pacific Northwest and often south to northern Mexico. Its natural habitats are open seas (800m depths) to shallow coastal subtidal areas. It has a distinctive "bull's eye" pattern on each side of its large pectoral fins.
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- Ellis, J. & Dulvy, N. 2000. Raja binoculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 03 August 2007.
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