Arctic skate

The Arctic skate is about a meter long and is gray-brown with large dark spots.

The Arctic skate lives in the bathydemersal, marine, depth range 140 - 2500 m , usually 300 - 1500 m environment.

An arctic skate swimming over the surface of the sediment in 1250m water depth Item Type: Video Title: Arctic skate Date: 15 October 2008 Time: More

The Arctic skate (Amblyraja hyperborea) is a species of fish in Rajidae family. More

Arctic Skate in Google Images * Raja hyperborea in Google Images Search the Web: More about these sites . More

The arctic skate is found from Baffin Island east to Greenland and the Barents Sea. More

Female arctic skate (Amblyraja hyperborea) dorsal view (click on image for larger view) Male arctic skate (Amblyraja hyperborea) ventral view Arctic F resting_underside. More

Bathyraja eatonii and from the Arctic skate Raja hyperborea (both of the subclass Elasmobranchii, order Rajiformes, family Rajidae) is reported in the present paper. These species have a single major haemoglobin (Hb 1; over 80% of the total). The Bohr-proton and the organophosphate-binding sites are absent. More

Common names

Arctic skate in English
Arctische rog in Dutch (Nederlands)
Arktisk rokke in Danish (dansk)
artic skate in English
Boreal skate in English
Darkbelly skate in English
Eisrochen in French (français)
Ishavsskøta in Faroese (Føroyskt)
Isrocka in Swedish (Svenska)
Isskate in Norwegian (Norsk)
Lógvaskøta in Faroese (Føroyskt)
Northern skate in English
Raie arctique in French (français)
Raie boréale in French (français)
Raja polarna in Polish (polski)
Raya ártica in Spanish (español)
Skjótta skata in Icelandic (Íslenska)
极北鳐 in Mandarin Chinese
極北鰩 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Rajiformes
Family : Rajidae
Genus : Amblyraja
Species : Amblyraja hyperborea
Authority : Collett, 1879