Little Skate

Little Skate

Raja erinacea

Size: to 21" long

Habitat: Soft sandy bottoms, in depths from shallows to 300 ft.

Notes:
The commonest inshore skate. Short tail with two fins but no stinger. Winter Skate similar but larger, to 3 ft.

Little Skate
Fleeing a photographer.
Little Skate
Little Skate

Compare head and body shape with flounders.

Herb Segars Photography

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