two kinds of skates?

[MSilvia]

Apparently, the winter skate look-alike isn't a torpedo ray after all. I was checking out some pictures, and they are definately more rounded, with a squaliform caudal fin.

http://www.marinelife-explorer.com/specieswebpages/atlantictorpedoray.html

It looks like the one with dorsal spines is a winter skate Leucoraja ocellata , and the one with dorsal fins is a little skate Leucoraja erinacea.

However, according to fishbase (http://www.fishbase.org), both skates are capable of a harmless Electric Organ Discharge.

 

[wackodacko]

i thought it was a skate, but after looking at the link and the species above.. im pretty sure it was a torpedo ray.. wuhoo.. i think it was at stage fort during my OW test

 

[King Kong Matt]

Another view...

NE Skates

Matthew

 

[Soggy]

Matthew...

What of these did we see at Old Garden Beach? It looked kinda like a winter skate to me, but I'm not sure...I've never been good at IDing animals.