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January 29, 2021: Skate

Skates like this one are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae. This close-up view was captured at a depth of approximately 780 meters (2,560 feet) during a Windows to the Deep 2019 dive approximately 98 miles offshore of the Florida coast at a site called “Stetson Mesa South Mounds.”

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2019. Download larger version (jpg, 1.0 MB).

Skates like this one are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae. This close-up view was captured at a depth of approximately 780 meters (2,560 feet) during a Windows to the Deep 2019 dive approximately 98 miles offshore of the Florida coast at a site called “Stetson Mesa South Mounds.”