Hind Skate

Dentiraja cerva

Sharks and rays
IUCN: Near threatened

Usual depth51–350 m
Water temperature14–21 °C
Best monthsNovember
How commonRare

All species

Photo credit: (c) CSIRO National Fish Collection, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 7 records
March: 3 records
April: 6 records
May: 5 records
June: 5 records
July: 5 records
August: 8 records
September: 2 records
October: 10 records
November: 32 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 51–350 m · Deepest record: 520 m

10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 14 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 4 records
110–120 m: 2 records
120+ m: 52 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–21 °C

12–14 °C: 6 records
14–16 °C: 45 records
16–18 °C: 16 records
18–20 °C: 31 records
20–22 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Hind Skate, White-spotted Skate, Whitespotted Skate

Other scientific names: Dipturus cerva, Okamejei cerva, Raja cerva

Similar species

Longnose Skate
Dentiraja confusa
Common Skate
Dentiraja australis
Australian Thornback Skate
Dentiraja lemprieri
Eye Skate
Dentiraja falloargus
Pygmy Thornback Skate
Dentiraja flindersi
Heald's Skate
Dentiraja healdi

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
177 open-data records from 1901 to 2016.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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