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title: "Longnose Skate"
description: "Caliraja rhina — Ryby. Caliraja rhina, commonly known as the longnose skate, is a species of skate in the family Rajidae from the northeast Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/longnose-skate
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Longnose Skate

> Caliraja rhina — Ryby. Caliraja rhina, commonly known as the longnose skate, is a species of skate in the family Rajidae from the northeast Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Caliraja rhina*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 302
- iNaturalist taxon: [1433668](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1433668)

## Names

- en: Longnose Skate
- es: Raya narigona
- fr: Pocheteau long-nez

## Countries with the most observations

US (81), CA (56)

## Summary

Caliraja rhina, commonly known as the longnose skate, is a species of skate in the family Rajidae from the northeast Pacific. It is found from the eastern   Bering Sea and Alaska to Baja California and the Gulf of California. The longnose skate is found at depths of 9–1,069 m (30–3,507 ft) and often deeper than the big skate.
The longnose skate was briefly associated with the genus Beringraja, having been previously included in Raja until genetic evidence supported reclassification. It was then reclassified into the new Caliraja genus after an analysis of egg case morphology and the number of embryos per egg case…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: evn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251516624

## Machine access

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