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title: "Biscuit Skate"
description: "Raja straeleni — Peixes. Raja straeleni, the biscuit skate, false thornback skate, or spotted skate, is a species of marine fish in the skate family (family Rajidae) of order Rajiformes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/biscuit-skate
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Biscuit Skate

> Raja straeleni — Peixes. Raja straeleni, the biscuit skate, false thornback skate, or spotted skate, is a species of marine fish in the skate family (family Rajidae) of order Rajiformes.

- Scientific name: *Raja straeleni*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 63
- Wikidata: [Q3643509](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3643509)
- iNaturalist taxon: [111533](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/111533)

## Names

- en: Biscuit Skate

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (43), NA (3)

## Summary

Raja straeleni, the biscuit skate, false thornback skate, or spotted skate, is a species of marine fish in the skate family (family Rajidae) of order Rajiformes. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: bdhimes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/211526456

## Machine access

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