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Caliraja rhina

(Jordan and Gilbert, 1880)

Longnose Skate

G5Secure Found in 7 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.103564

Element CodeAFDFD01120

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVertebrate Animal

IUCNLeast concern

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumCraniata

ClassChondrichthyes

OrderRajiformes

FamilyRajidae

GenusCaliraja

Synonyms

Beringraja rhina(Jordan and Gilbert, 1880)Raja rhinaJordan and Gilbert, 1880

Other Common Names

Pocheteau long-nez (FR)

Concept Reference

Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Ebert (2022) places this species in the genus Caliraja; this treatment is accepted by Fricke et al (2025). It was previously transferred from the genus Raja to Beringraja by Last et al. (2016) (Page et al. 2023).

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2017-04-19

Change Date2017-04-19

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Oregon	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNR	Yes

Threat Assessments

Threat	Scope	Severity	Timing
5 - Biological resource use	—	—	High (continuing)
5.4 - Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources	—	—	High (continuing)

Roadless Areas (7)

Alaska (7)

Area	Forest	Acres
Five Mile	Tongass National Forest	19,459
Game Creek	Tongass National Forest	54,469
Montague	Chugach National Forest	204,875
Neka Bay	Tongass National Forest	7,142
Outer Islands	Tongass National Forest	99,862
Prince William Sound Is.	Chugach National Forest	118,698
Spires	Tongass National Forest	533,746

References (7)

Ebert, D.A. 2022. <i>Caliraja</i> gen. nov., a new skate genus (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the eastern North Pacific. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 57(no. esp.):1-5.
Fricke, R., W. N. Eschmeyer, and R. van der Laan (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Online. Available: http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. Accessed 2025.
Last, P.R., S. Weigmann and L. Yang. 2016. Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes). Pages 11-34 in In: P.R. Last and G.K. Yearsley (eds.). Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication, CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection: Canberra, Australia
Nelson, J. S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Perez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland. 386 pp.
Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden, and J. S. Nelson. 2013. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Seventh edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 34, Bethesda, Maryland.
Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neigbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, and H. J. Walker, Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society (AFS), Special Publication 37, Bethesda, Maryland, 439 pp.
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. 183 pp.

Caliraja rhina

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