#skate large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins
supertype: #ray cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
subtype: #gray_skate #little_skate #thorny_skate #barndoor_skate
member of: #family_Rajidae__Rajidae bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates
member of: #order_Rajiformes__Rajiformes__Batoidei__order_Batoidei fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes
member of: #subclass_Elasmobranchii__Elasmobranchii__Selachii__subclass_Selachii sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates
member of: #class_Chondrichthyes__Chondrichthyes cartilaginous fishes
member of: #subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
member of: #phylum_Chordata__Chordata comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
member of: #kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
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