The bigmouth skate (''Amblyraja robertsi'') is a species of
fish
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...
in the family
Rajidae. It lives near the bottom in deep waters in Southeast Atlantic in depths below . Its maximum size is . It has a hard, roughly triangular snout and smooth body with star-based thorns around its
eye
An eye is a sensory organ that allows an organism to perceive visual information. It detects light and converts it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons (neurones). It is part of an organism's visual system.
In higher organisms, the ey ...
s, tail, and elsewhere. Its top side is dark gray and underside has white spots. As the name suggests, it has a large mouth.
References
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Rajiformes
Taxa named by P. Alexander Hulley
Fish described in 1906
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