Little skate

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q1913942
Little skate
Andy Martinez/NOAA · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Little skate

Summary

Little skate is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month, #1,603 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Little skate's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Little skate is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Little skate's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Little skate belongs to the parent taxon Leucoraja[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Little skate is Leucoraja erinacea[7].
  • Little skate's Commons category is recorded as Leucoraja erinacea[8].
  • Little skate's original combination is recorded as Raja erinacea[9].
  • Little skate's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'L. erinacea'}[10].
  • Little skate is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Little skate'}[11].
  • Little skate is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Little Skate'}[12].
  • Little skate is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ježasti skat'}[13].
  • Little skate's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+8'}[14].

Body

Classification

Little skate's scientific name is Leucoraja erinacea[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Leucoraja[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[11] and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ježasti skat'}[13].

Identifiers

Little skate's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 104533[15]. Little skate's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7782[16]. Little skate's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2419879[17]. Little skate's ITIS TSN is recorded as 564130[18].

Why It Matters

Little skate ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month, #1,603 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . The importance of habitat and life history to extinction risk in sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Little skate. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-skate
MLA “Little skate.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-skate.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_little-skate_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Little skate}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-skate}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Little skate — https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-skate (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-skate · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Longest observed lifespan {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+8'}
    Iucn conservation status Least Concern
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of taxon
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533711505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.