Smooth deep-sea skate

Smooth deep-sea skate
Specimen from the Auckland War Memorial Museum collections
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Brochiraja
Species:
B. asperula
Binomial name
Brochiraja asperula
(Garrick & Paul, 1974)
Synonyms
  • Bathyraja asperula Garrick & Paul, 1974
  • Notoraja asperula (Garrick & Paul, 1974)
  • Pavoraja asperula (Garrick & Paul, 1974)

The smooth deep-sea skate (Brochiraja asperula) is a skate in the family Arhynchobatidae. It is found off New Zealand, at depths of from 200 to 1,300 m (660 to 4,270 ft) on the continental shelf. Their length is from 30 to 50 cm (12 to 20 in).

Conservation status

The IUCN has classified the smooth deep-sea skate as "Data deficient". The New Zealand Department of Conservation follows this classification under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

References

  1. 1 2 Finucci, B. & Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Brochiraja asperula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T161602A116739483. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161602A116739483.en. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Brochiraja asperula". FishBase. January 2019 version.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ 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.