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The rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) is a North American amphibian found along the Pacific coast from Alaska to California. It secretes tetrodotoxin from its skin as a defense mechanism, a potent neurotoxin that makes it deadly to most predators and dangerous if ingested by humans. This toxici...
The Granulated Guitarfish is a marine ray found across the Indo-West Pacific region, scientifically described by Georges Cuvier in 1829 and notable for its distinctly rough, granular skin.
A skate (Leucoraja fullonica) of the northeastern Atlantic, named for its rough, shagreen-like skin densely covered in denticles across the dorsal surface.
A deep-sea octopus of the southern Atlantic and Antarctic regions, characterized by a roughened skin texture that its Latin species name salebrosus (rough) reflects.
The roughskin spurdog is Cirrhigaleus asper, a deepwater dogfish notable for rough denticles and records from tropical and temperate oceans.
The Rough Ray is a species of skate endemic to the Mediterranean Sea, notably preferring shallow coastal waters and sandy seabeds along the European coastline.
Roughskin Dogfish (Cirrhigaleus asper) is a deep-water squalid shark named for its coarser-than-average skin denticles, recorded in scattered locations across the Atlantic and Pacific.
