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  • disc ~rhomboidal/rounded
    snout short to medium, tip stiff
    eyes + semicircle of thorns
    center disc: row thorns shoulder to C
    nape thorns in triangle
    top disc & tail : denticles coarse, not dense
    top dark/light grey, bottom darker
    tail thorn rows: central & side
    Rajella bigelowi, Bigelow's skate
    tail 60% TL
  • disc heart shaped, round outer corners
    snout short, blunt, rounded, tip stiff
    eyes + semicircle of thorns
    1 row thorns shoulder to tail base
    nape thorns in triangle
    top disc & tail : denticles coarse, not dense
    top dark grey, bottom black
    tail thorn rows: central & side
    Rajella fuliginea, Sooty skate, Sooty smallskate
    tail 56-65% TL
  • disc heart shaped, outer corners rounded
    snout medium length, angular, tip stiff
    eyes + semicircle of thorns
    1 row thorns shoulder to tail
    nape thorns in triangle
    top disc & tail : denticles dense, fine
    top & bottom black
    tail thorn rows: central & side
    Rajella purpuriventralis, Purplebottom smallskate
    tail 53% TL