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title: "Thorny Skate"
description: "Amblyraja radiata — Pesci. The thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/thorny-skate
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Thorny Skate

> Amblyraja radiata — Pesci. The thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae.

- Scientific name: *Amblyraja radiata*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 255
- Wikidata: [Q599499](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599499)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48402](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48402)

## Names

- en: Thorny Skate
- de: Sternrochen
- es: Raya radiada
- fr: Raie radiée
- nl: Sterrog
- pl: Raja promienista

## Countries with the most observations

DK (64), CA (24), NO (19), IS (18), SE (11), DE (5), GB (3), GL (3), RU (3)

## Summary

The thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. This bottom-living skate lives in the North and south-eastern Atlantic Ocean in depths ranging from 20 to 1,000 m (66–3,281 ft) and water temperatures from −1 to 14 °C (30–57 °F).

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

## Photo

![Thorny Skate](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/thorny-skate/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gervais et Boulart · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amblyraja_radiata_Gervais.jpg

## Machine access

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