Educational resources on Big Skate

Big Skate or Dipturus binoculata is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Near Threatened . IUCN Profile of the Big Skate

Academic web links for the Big Skate.

Plunkett Reserve - Big skate: Big skate. Back to Fishes.
http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/lmc/plunkett/bskate.htm

Description Big Skate -Raja binoculata: A biological profile on the Big Skate, Raja binoculata . Learn it's worldwide distribution, characteristics, how it reproduces and develops. ... BIG SKATE. ...
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/BigSkate/BigSkate.html

Description Longnose Skate -Raja rhina: ...thorns. Big skate courtesy NOAA. Another skate similar in appearance to the longnose skate is the big skate (Raja binoculata). The ...
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/LongnoseSkate/LongnoseSkate.html

Butter Sole: Big Skate. Raja binoculata. Description. Only Pacific skate with a weak notch in rear edge of each pelvic fin. No scapular spines. ...
http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/odfw/finfish/sp/bigskate.html

Family Rajidae - skates: ...purse. Big skate- Raja binoculata. Remarks: The big skate can be found in the bay during the warmer months but not in abundance. ...
http://www.humboldt.edu/~raf1/fishbook/cart/c4.html

Seymour Center - About the Center: Aquarium: Find out at the Seymour Center! See what's new in the aquarium: Big skate egg! Skates are cartilaginous fishes, like sharks and rays. ...
http://www2.ucsc.edu/seymourcenter/aquarium.html

Species, big skate, can be found in 1 Park: Species, big skate, can be found in 1 Park. Park Name, State, Presence, Residence Status. Channel Islands NP, CA, N/A, N/A. Return to Species in Parks Home. ...
http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/nps/speciesinparks.asp?taxa=Fish&cmastid=FWO003740

PSRC - Eastern North Pacific Sharks: FAMILY RAJIDAE (Blainville, 1816) — SKATES Amblyraja badia (Garman, 1899) — Broad skate Raja binoculata (Girard, 1854) — Big skate Raja equatorialis ...
http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/enps.htm