Prickly deepsea skate

Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Chordata

Class:  |

Chondrichthyes

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Elasmobranchii

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Rajiformes

Family:  |

Rajidae

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Brochiraja

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B. asperula

Binomial name
Brochiraja asperula

(Garrick & Paul, 1974)

The prickly deepsea skate, Brochiraja asperula, is a skate of the genus Brochiraja, found around New Zealand, at depths of from 200 to 1,300 m on the continental shelf. Their length is from 30 to 50 cm.

## References

* Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Brochiraja asperula" 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 ☰ Q4668196 entry

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