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  • Skate: Any species in the order Rajiformes. Although the English names for some skates refer to them as rays, the term ‘ray’ should refer to stingrays (Myliobatiformes) and electric rays (Torpediniformes)

Sandy skate

Sandy skate - Leucoraja circularis

Sandy skate - Leucoraja circularis 

Sandy skate Leucoraja circularis is an offshore species that, around the British Isles, is most common off North-western Scoland. They are plain coloured with 4-6 symmetrical, small creamy spots on each wing.