thickbody skate

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| taxon = Amblyraja frerichsi

| authority = G. Krefft, 1968

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Pollom, R. |author2=Dulvy, N.K. |author3=Acuña, E. |author4=Bustamante, C. |author5=Chiaramonte, G.E. |author6=Cuevas, J.M. |author7=Herman, K. |author8=Paesch, L. |author9=Pompert, J. |author10=Velez-Zuazo, X. |date=2021 |title=Amblyraja frerichsi |volume=2021 |page=e.T44652A124437250 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T44652A124437250.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

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The thickbody skate (Amblyraja frerichsi) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae found off the coasts of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Its natural habitat is open seas.

Etymology

The skate is named in honor of Thomas Frerichs, the captain of the research vessel Walther Herwig, from which the holotype specimen was collected.{{cite web |url=http://www.etyfish.org/ |title=Home |website=etyfish.org}}

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