Longtail skate

Longtail skate
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Arhynchobatis
Waite, 1909
Species:
A. asperrimus
Binomial name
Arhynchobatis asperrimus
Waite, 1909

The longtail skate (Arhynchobatis asperrimus) is a skate and is the only member of the genus Arhynchobatis. This species was first described by Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1909. It is found off New Zealand at depths of from 90 to 1,000 m (300 to 3,280 ft) on the continental shelf. Its length is from 30 to 75 cm (12 to 30 in).

Conservation status

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the longtail skate as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

References

  1. ↑ Finucci, B. & Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Arhynchobatis asperrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T161577A116739346. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161577A116739346.en. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Arhynchobatis asperrimus". FishBase. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Waite, Edgar Ravenswood (1909). "Pisces. Part I." Records of the Canterbury Museum. 1: 131–156 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. 1 2 Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 0-00-216987-8. OCLC 9506630.
  5. ↑ Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2016). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-988514-62-8. OCLC 1042901090.