New Zealand rough skate
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| New Zealand rough skate | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Dipturus |
| Species: | D. nasutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipturus nasutus (Müller & Henle, 1841) |
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The New Zealand rough skate, Dipturus nasutus, is a skate of the genus Dipturus, found around New Zealand at depths of between 10 and 1,500 m. Their length is up to 1 m.
[edit] References
- Francis (2003). Dipturus nasutus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Dipturus nasutus" in FishBase. January 2006 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
