Spiny deepsea skate
| Spiny deepsea skate | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Brochiraja |
| Species: | B. spinifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Brochiraja spinifera (Garrick & Paul, 1974) | |
The spiny deepsea skate, Brochiraja spinifera, is a skate of the genus Brochiraja, found around New Zealand, at depths of from 170 to 1,400 m on the continental shelf. Their length is from 60 to 80 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Brochiraja spinifera" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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