Bottlenose Skate
Rostroraja alba
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Rajiformes
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Rostroraja
Where to Find
Found in 11 diving areas across 6 countries and 2 regions.
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 148 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 11 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 3 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 5 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 21 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 17 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 1 records