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Skates are relatives of sharks and rays. These cartilaginous fish of the family Rajidae are much smaller than rays and have no poisonous barbs like stingrays.

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Jordan Pinker

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Skates are relatives of sharks and rays. These cartilaginous fish of the family Rajidae are much smaller than rays and have no poisonous barbs like stingrays.

Skate (fish) - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Wikipedia's information about the skate fish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skate_(fish)
Common Skate - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Wikipedia's information about the common skate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_skate
Skate - Fish - Britannica

In zoology, any of numerous flat-bodied, cartilaginous fishes constituting the suborder Rajoidea of the order Batoidei (skates, rays, and others).
http://www.britannica.com/animal/skate-fish
Skate Characteristics and Information - About

Learn about the type of marine life called skates. Where do skates live? How do they eat and reproduce? Find out more by reading this marine life profile of skates.
http://marinelife.about.com/od/fish/p/Skates.htm
Blue Zoo: Skates and Rays

Skates and rays are fish that are closely related to sharks. Together these animals make up the elasmobranchs, a subclass of cartilaginous fish. Instead of having skeletons made of bone, sharks, rays, and skates have skeletons made of soft, pliable cartilage.
http://www.oneworldoneocean.com/blog/entry/blue_zoo_skates_and_rays
Dipturus Batis (Blue Skate, Common Skate, Flapper Skate, Grey Skate)

The IUCN red list of threatened species information about skate fish.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39397/0
FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Most Commonly Asked Ray and Skate Questions

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Ray and Skate Questions. This page contains ray and skate questions and answers.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/discover/rays-skates/biology
Skate Goes From Trash Fish to Treasure

If monkfishan unlovely creature whose veiny, purplish flesh turns off many shoppers could find favor among chefs, you had to figure it was only a matter of time before skate, another trash fish, would be rediscovered.
http://www.washingtonian.com/2006/05/01/skate-goes-from-trash-fish-to-treasure/
Difference Between Skates and Rays Explained

What's the difference between skates and rays? Discover the answer here.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100408/ARTICLES/100409696
A Mysterious Giant 14-foot Deep-sea Skate Fish is Caught off Florida Coast

The enormous rarely-seen 800-pound Dactylobatus clarkii, a deep sea species also called 'hookskate' or 'fingerskate' was so old it had barnacles on it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2513806/A-mysterious-GIANT-14-foot-deep-sea-skate-fish-caught-Florida-coast.html

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Skate (fish) - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Wikipedia's information about the skate fish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skate_(fish)
Common Skate - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Wikipedia's information about the common skate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_skate
Skate - Fish - Britannica

In zoology, any of numerous flat-bodied, cartilaginous fishes constituting the suborder Rajoidea of the order Batoidei (skates, rays, and others).
http://www.britannica.com/animal/skate-fish
Skate Characteristics and Information - About

Learn about the type of marine life called skates. Where do skates live? How do they eat and reproduce? Find out more by reading this marine life profile of skates.
http://marinelife.about.com/od/fish/p/Skates.htm
Blue Zoo: Skates and Rays

Skates and rays are fish that are closely related to sharks. Together these animals make up the elasmobranchs, a subclass of cartilaginous fish. Instead of having skeletons made of bone, sharks, rays, and skates have skeletons made of soft, pliable cartilage.
http://www.oneworldoneocean.com/blog/entry/blue_zoo_skates_and_rays
Dipturus Batis (Blue Skate, Common Skate, Flapper Skate, Grey Skate)

The IUCN red list of threatened species information about skate fish.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39397/0
FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Most Commonly Asked Ray and Skate Questions

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Ray and Skate Questions. This page contains ray and skate questions and answers.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/discover/rays-skates/biology
Skate Goes From Trash Fish to Treasure

If monkfishan unlovely creature whose veiny, purplish flesh turns off many shoppers could find favor among chefs, you had to figure it was only a matter of time before skate, another trash fish, would be rediscovered.
http://www.washingtonian.com/2006/05/01/skate-goes-from-trash-fish-to-treasure/
Difference Between Skates and Rays Explained

What's the difference between skates and rays? Discover the answer here.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100408/ARTICLES/100409696
A Mysterious Giant 14-foot Deep-sea Skate Fish is Caught off Florida Coast

The enormous rarely-seen 800-pound Dactylobatus clarkii, a deep sea species also called 'hookskate' or 'fingerskate' was so old it had barnacles on it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2513806/A-mysterious-GIANT-14-foot-deep-sea-skate-fish-caught-Florida-coast.html

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