#skate  large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins
  supertype:  ray  cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
  subtype:  gray_skate  little_skate  thorny_skate  barndoor_skate
  member of:  family_Rajidae__Rajidae  bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates
     member of:  order_Rajiformes__Rajiformes__Batoidei__order_Batoidei  fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes
        member of:  subclass_Elasmobranchii__Elasmobranchii__Selachii__subclass_Selachii  sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates
           member of:  class_Chondrichthyes__Chondrichthyes  cartilaginous fishes
              member of:  subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata  fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
                 member of:  phylum_Chordata__Chordata  comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
                    member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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