Smooth deep-sea skate
Species of cartilaginous fish
Smooth deep-sea skate | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rajiformes |
Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
Genus: | Brochiraja |
Species: | B. asperula |
Binomial name | |
Brochiraja asperula (Garrick & Paul, 1974) | |
Synonyms | |
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The smooth deep-sea skate (Brochiraja asperula) is a skate in the family Arhynchobatidae.[2] It is found off New Zealand, at depths of from 200 to 1,300 m (660 to 4,270 ft) on the continental shelf.[3] Their length is from 30 to 50 cm (12 to 20 in).[3]
Conservation status
The IUCN has classified the smooth deep-sea skate as "Data deficient".[1] The New Zealand Department of Conservation follows this classification under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]
References
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- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Brochiraja asperula" in FishBase. January 2019 version.
- ^ a b Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 0002169878. OCLC 9506630.
- ^ 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 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.
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Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
- Alert pigfish (Alertichthys blacki)
- Blue cod (Parapercis colias)
- Bruun's cutthroat eel (Histiobranchus bruuni)
- Draughtsboard shark (Cephaloscyllium isabellum)
- Fiordland brotula (Fiordichthys slartibartfasti)
- Garfish (Hyporhamphus ihi)
- Giant stargazer (Kathetostoma giganteum)
- Girdled wrasse (Notolabrus cinctus)
- Graham's gudgeon (Grahamichthys radiata)
- Hector's clingfish (Gastroscyphus hectoris)
- Longsnout pipefish (Leptonotus norae)
- New Zealand bigeye (Pempheris adspersa)
- New Zealand black angelfish (Parma alboscapularis)
- New Zealand black goby (Gobiopsis atrata)
- New Zealand blueback sprat (Sprattus antipodum)
- New Zealand brill (Colistium guntheri)
- New Zealand catshark (Bythaelurus dawsoni)
- New Zealand damselfish (Chromis dispilus)
- New Zealand flathead (Bembrops morelandi)
- New Zealand lumpfish (Trachelochismus pinnulatus)
- New Zealand rockfish (Acanthoclinus littoreus)
- New Zealand rough skate (Dipturus nasutus)
- New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)
- New Zealand sand flounder (Rhombosolea plebeia)
- New Zealand sand stargazer (Crapatalus novaezelandiae)
- New Zealand slender clingfish (Gastrocyathus gracilis)
- New Zealand smooth skate (Dipturus innominatus)
- New Zealand sole (Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae)
- New Zealand sprat (Sprattus muelleri)
- New Zealand topknot (Notoclinus fenestratus)
- New Zealand torpedo (Tetronarce fairchildi)
- New Zealand turbot (Colistium nudipinnis)
- New Zealand urchin clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi)
- Notchheaded marblefish (Aplodactylus etheridgii)
- Oblique-swimming triplefin (Forsterygion maryannae)
- Prickly deep-sea skate (Brochiraja spinifera)
- Rough-head whiptail (Coelorinchus aspercephalus)
- Slender stargazer (Crapatalus angusticeps)
- Smooth deep-sea skate (Brochiraja asperula)
- Spotted estuary smooth-hound (Mustelus lenticulatus)
- Spotty (Notolabrus celidotus)
- Yellow-and-black triplefin (Forsterygion flavonigrum)
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