The prickly deep-sea skate (Brochiraja spinifera), or spiny deep-sea skate, is a deep sea skate in the family Arhynchobatidae.[2] It lives off New Zealand, at depths of from 170 to 1,400 m on the continental shelf.[3] Their length is from 60 to 80 cm.[3]
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Brochiraja |
| Species: | B. spinifera
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| Brochiraja spinifera | |
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Conservation status
editThe New Zealand Department of Conservation classifies the prickly deep-sea skate as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]
References
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- ^ Finucci, B.; Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Brochiraja spinifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T161420A116738202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161420A116738202.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Garilao, Cristina V.; Bailly, Nicolas (2019). "Brochiraja spinifera (Garrick & Paul, 1974)". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
- ^ a b Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 978-0002169875. OCLC 9506630.
- ^ Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2016). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 9. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.
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