Madagascar skate
The Madagascar skate is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss. The IUCN describes the species as "a relatively small, poorly known, rare, deepwater skate with a limited distribution in the Western Indian Ocean off the west coast of Madagascar. enthic on the continental slope at depths of 300 to 850 m. Virtually nothing is known of the biology of the species."