Biology:Spiny deepsea skate
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| Spiny deepsea skate | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Class: | Chondrichthyes
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| Species: | B. spinifera
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| Brochiraja spinifera (Garrick & Paul, 1974)
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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
Wikidata ☰ Q4667562 entry
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