Physical 

The little skate is dark brown or splotchy grey, with a white to grey underside. They are cartilaginous fish, like rays, with large wing-like fins. Little skate have thorny spines on the shoulders, tail, and back. They also have an electrosensory organ in their head and can generate weak electric fields, which they use to locate food and communicate with other skates. Adults grow up to 20 in (50.8 cm), and their wingspan grows up to 21 in (53.3 cm).

Habitat

Their range spans from Canada to North Carolina. Little skate primarily live in deeper waters than the Barnegat Bay, so any individuals found in the Bay are strays from the continental shelf. They prefer sandy or gravelly bottom and migrate between depths for the summer and winter.

Feeding 

Little skate eat crabs, shrimps, worms, sea squirts, molluscs, squid, and small fishes.