Angler battled 208-pound common skate for 2 hours. It was biggest fish ever caught from British shores, becoming an unofficial record since it was released. A fisherman from the U.K. landed what is ...

From the mid-19th century the common skate was described as two distinct species, the flapper skate, D. intermedia, and the blue skate, D. flossada. However, in an influential work in 1926 R.S Clark ...

A U.K. angler has landed what he claims to be world’s largest skate, an 8-foot long behemoth that left him crying in pain after a 65-minute struggle. Hamish Currie, who was fishing off Portrush in ...

An Irish fisherman has caught a giant skate fish not far from Rathlin island off the coast of County Antrim. Weighing in at a mighty 222lbs, and measuring an incredible 8ft long by 6ft wide, it broke ...

Skate fish and stingrays are found in oceans all around the world. They are often confused for one another because of their similar appearances. They are both flat, with gills and mouths located on ...