National Aquarium: Clearnose Skate (Raja eglanteria)

Learn more about the clearnose skate!

Did you know that, unlike a stingray, the clearnose skate does not have stinging spines? Instead, a single row of blunt thorns runs down the center of the skate’s back to the tip of its tail.


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