Species: Raja binoculata
Big Skate
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Chondrichthyes
Order
Rajiformes
Family
Rajidae
Genus
Raja
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
<p>Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Sharks, Skates, and Rays</p>
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae - Raja
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Marine
Migration
<p>false - false - false</p>
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Feeds on shrimp, worms, clams, and other invertebrates, as well as sculpins and other fishes. <br>
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4
Global Status Last Reviewed
2004-11-05
Global Status Last Changed
2004-11-05
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Temperate waters of eastern Pacific Ocean; eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, west to Unalaska Island and southward off southeastern Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, and northern and central Baja California (to vicinity of Cedros Island, but rare south of Point Conception, California) (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983, Mecklenburg et al. 2002).<br>