The clearnose skate (Raja eglanteria) breaks the record for several things! First, for its queer locomotion method called ”true punting.” Second, for a tail consuming half its body length. Third, instead of having stinging spines, they have blunt lines of thorns at the center of their backs and tails plus rhombic disc-shaped body with right-angled pectoral fin and snout. These demersal creatures also are oviparous, change habitat and depth by seasons, and are separated from other skates by a mottled dorsal surface and snout with translucent patches. The clearnose skate or summer skate or brier skate is cataloged under the family Raja; inhabiting the Atlantic Oceans and Gulf coast.