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Hookskate
SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sharks & rays

Hookskate

Dactylobatus clarkii (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishHookskate
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese克氏指鳐
Scientific nameDactylobatus clarkii (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958)

About this species

Dactylobatus clarkii, the hook skate or Clark's fingerskate, is a medium-sized (75 cm in length), but poorly known, deepwater skate." Its distribution is considered patchy and covers the western central and southwest Atlantic, including the east coast of Florida, throughout the Gulf of Mexico (Guatemala, Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, and Suriname), and off Rio Grande do Sul (southern Brazil).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassElasmobranchii
OrderRajiformes
FamilyRajidae
GenusDactylobatus

Related species in Suriname