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Madagascar skate

The Madagascar skate is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss. The IUCN describes the species as "a relatively small, poorly known, rare, deepwater skate with a limited distribution in the Western Indian Ocean off the west coast of Madagascar. [It is b]enthic on the continental slope at depths of 300 to 850 m. Virtually nothing is known of the biology of the species."

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Madagascar skate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Dipturus
Species:
D. crosnieri
Binomial name
Dipturus crosnieri
(Séret, 1989)
Synonyms
  • Raja (Dipturus) crosnieri Séret, 19891

The Madagascar skate (Dipturus crosnieri) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss. The IUCN describes the species as "a relatively small (to at least 61 cm TL), poorly known, rare, deepwater skate with a limited distribution in the Western Indian Ocean off the west coast of Madagascar. [It is b]enthic on the continental slope at depths of 300 to 850 m. Virtually nothing is known of the biology of the species."1

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  1. Pollom, R.; Bennett, R. (2019). "Dipturus crosnieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T60118A124440461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60118A124440461.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.