The skillet skate (Dactylobatus armatus) is a small-bodied, deepwater skate in the family Rajidae.
The skillet skate is typically found at depths between 338 and 625 m (1,109 and 2,051 ft).[1][2] Found in the western central Atlantic, its range extends from South Carolina to southern Florida, the northern Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua and northern South America.[1]
The skillet skate is a small skate. Its total length is up to 32 cm.[1] Its body is narrow and features a spatula-shaped lobe from the margin of each pectoral muscle. On the underside of the frontal disc, the skate displays characteristic spines.[2]
This species is assessed as least concern.[1]
