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Bottlenose Skate, Spearnose Skate, White Skate

Rostroraja alba

57Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
9Counties with records
EndangeredIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb6
Mar7
Apr9
May1
Jun4
Jul3
Aug4
Sep6
Oct1
Nov8
Dec3

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England4
2Argyll and Bute Scotland4
3Cambridgeshire England2
4Devon England2
5Suffolk England1
6Cumbria England1
7Gwynedd Wales1
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
9Isle of Anglesey Wales1
2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
57
Peak month
April
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Endangered
Scientific name
Rostroraja alba
Group
Fish
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, OSPAR list, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Rajiformes
Family
Rajidae
Genus
Rostroraja
Name with authority
Rostroraja alba (Lacepède, 1803)
Described
1803

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q603663 · GBIF 2420268