---
title: "Saumrochen"
description: "Rostroraja alba — Fische. The bottlenose skate, spearnose skate, or white skate (Rostroraja alba) is a species of skate in the family Rajidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/owl-skate
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Saumrochen

> Rostroraja alba — Fische. The bottlenose skate, spearnose skate, or white skate (Rostroraja alba) is a species of skate in the family Rajidae.

- Scientific name: *Rostroraja alba*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 257
- Wikidata: [Q603663](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603663)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61753](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61753)

## Names

- en: Owl Skate
- de: Saumrochen
- es: Raya bramante
- fr: Raie blanche
- pl: Raja siwa

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (179), ES (19), NA (13), IE (5), PT (5), IT (3)

## Summary

The bottlenose skate, spearnose skate, or white skate (Rostroraja alba) is a species of skate in the family Rajidae. It is a benthic fish native to the coastal eastern Atlantic Ocean. Due to overfishing, it has been depleted or extirpated in many parts of its former range in the northeastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, and is now endangered.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottlenose_skate

## Photo

![Saumrochen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/owl-skate/medium.jpg)

Photo: bdhimes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247758333

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/owl-skate?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).