Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rajiformes > Family Rajidae > Genus Amblyraja

Amblyraja jenseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amblyraja*	Malm, 1877	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Raja jenseni*	Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Jensen's skate; shorttail skate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Jensens Rochen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: Jenseno raja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: Jensenskate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: Jensenskate

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Amblyraja jenseni, by Orlov, A.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Amblyraja jenseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105864