Prickly deep-sea skate

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Prickly deep-sea skate

Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Arhynchobatidae
Genus:	Brochiraja
Species:	B. spinifera
Binomial name
*Brochiraja spinifera* (Garrick & Paul, 1974)
Synonyms
Bathyraja spinifera Garrick & Paul, 1974 Notoraja spinifera (Garrick & Paul, 1974) Pavoraja spinifera (Garrick & Paul, 1974)

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]

Conservation status

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The 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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Notoraja spinifera.

^ 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.

Endemic marine fish of New Zealand

Alert pigfish (Alertichthys blacki)
Blue cod (Parapercis colias)
Bruun's cutthroat eel (Histiobranchus bruuni)
Draughtsboard shark (Cephaloscyllium isabellum)
Fiordland brotula (Fiordichthys slartibartfasti)
Garfish (Hyporhamphus ihi)
Giant stargazer (Kathetostoma giganteum)
Girdled wrasse (Notolabrus cinctus)
Graham's gudgeon (Grahamichthys radiata)
Hector's clingfish (Gastroscyphus hectoris)
Longsnout pipefish (Leptonotus norae)
New Zealand bigeye (Pempheris adspersa)
New Zealand black angelfish (Parma alboscapularis)
New Zealand black goby (Gobiopsis atrata)
New Zealand blueback sprat (Sprattus antipodum)
New Zealand brill (Colistium guntheri)
New Zealand catshark (Bythaelurus dawsoni)
New Zealand damselfish (Chromis dispilus)
New Zealand flathead (Bembrops morelandi)
New Zealand lumpfish (Trachelochismus pinnulatus)
New Zealand rockfish (Acanthoclinus littoreus)
New Zealand rough skate (Dipturus nasutus)
New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)
New Zealand sand flounder (Rhombosolea plebeia)
New Zealand sand stargazer (Crapatalus novaezelandiae)
New Zealand slender clingfish (Gastrocyathus gracilis)
New Zealand smooth skate (Dipturus innominatus)
New Zealand sole (Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae)
New Zealand sprat (Sprattus muelleri)
New Zealand topknot (Notoclinus fenestratus)
New Zealand torpedo (Tetronarce fairchildi)
New Zealand turbot (Colistium nudipinnis)
New Zealand urchin clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi)
Notchheaded marblefish (Aplodactylus etheridgii)
Oblique-swimming triplefin (Forsterygion maryannae)
Prickly deep-sea skate (Brochiraja spinifera)
Rough-head whiptail (Coelorinchus aspercephalus)
Slender stargazer (Crapatalus angusticeps)
Smooth deep-sea skate (Brochiraja asperula)
Spotted estuary smooth-hound (Mustelus lenticulatus)
Spotty (Notolabrus celidotus)
Yellow-and-black triplefin (Forsterygion flavonigrum)

Taxon identifiers
Brochiraja spinifera	Wikidata: Q4667562 Wikispecies: Brochiraja spinifera BOLD: 97407 CoL: NC7H FishBase: 47419 GBIF: 2419912 iNaturalist: 96066 IRMNG: 11681171 IUCN: 161420 NCBI: 1213672 NZOR: cffb08f1-1284-4dd0-8064-2149618f307b OBIS: 279997 Open Tree of Life: 977358 WoRMS: 279997

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