Amblyraja taaf, commonly known as the whiteleg skate or thorny skate, is a little-known skate found at depths ranging from 150 to 600 m. It has been located off Crozet and Kerguelen Islands. Other specimens have been found off the coast of South Africa and Madagascar, but may be unrepresentative of the skate's native regions.[1] Because of the limited knowledge of its biology and extent of capture in fisheries, this species is assessed as data deficient.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Amblyraja |
| Species: | A. taaf
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| Binomial name | |
| Amblyraja taaf (Meissner, 1987)
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References
edit- ^ a b c Pollom, R.; Gasco, N.; Leslie, R.; Péron, C. (2020). "Amblyraja taaf". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161392A124476426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161392A124476426.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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