Biology:Pavoraja arenaria
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Pavoraja |
| Species: | P. arenaria
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| Pavoraja arenaria Last, Mallick and Yearsley, 2008[2]
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Pavoraja arenaria, commonly known as the sandy skate or yellow skate, is a species of fish in the family Arhynchobatidae. It lives in depths ranging from 192 to 712 meters but is usually found at 300 to 400 meters depth off the coast of western Australia.[1][3] Its maximum size is 34.3 cm (13.5 in) total length.[3] It is a little-known species that could be threatened by being taken as by-catch in trawl fisheries.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Heaven, C.; Huveneers, C. (2015). "Pavoraja arenaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T195471A68640323. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T195471A68640323.en.
- ↑ Last, Peter R.; Mallick, Stephen; Yearsley, Gordon K. (2008). "A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae)". Zootaxa 1812: 1–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1812.1.1. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110113123047/http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01812p045f.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Pavoraja arenaria" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q3762862 entry
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