Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Murray's skate

Alkanna maleolens compared with Bathyraja murrayi

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Murray's skate is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Murray's skate
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Rajiformes (Rajiformes)
Family	Boraginaceae	Arhynchobatidae
Genus	Alkanna	Bathyraja
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Bathyraja murrayi

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Murray's skate

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Murray's skate
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Murray's skate

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.