Longtail skate

The longtail skate (Arhynchobatis asperrimus) is a skate and is the only member of the genus Arhynchobatis.[1] This species was first described by Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1909.[2] It is found off New Zealand at depths of from 90 to 1,000 m on the continental shelf.[3] Its length is from 30 to 75 cm.[3]

Longtail skate
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Arhynchobatis
Waite, 1909
Species:
A. asperrimus
Binomial name
Arhynchobatis asperrimus
Waite, 1909

Conservation status

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the longtail skate as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]

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References
  1. Garilao, Cristina V.; Bailly, Nicolas (2018). "Arhynchobatis asperrimus Waite, 1909 Longtail skate". www.fishbase.org. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. Waite, Edgar Ravenswood (1909). "Pisces. Part I." Records of the Canterbury Museum. 1: 131–156 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 0002169878. OCLC 9506630.
  4. 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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