Pavoraja nitida
Pavoraja nitida, commonly known as the peacock skate, is a species of fish in the family Arhynchobatidae. It lives near the soft bottoms of the continental shelf near the coast of Australia and New Zealand in depths ranging from 30 to 390 metres. It produces oblong egg capsules which have stiff horns in each corner and lays them in sandy or muddy flats. Its maximum size is 36.8 cm.
| Peacock skate | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Pavoraja |
| Species: | P. nitida |
| Binomial name | |
| Pavoraja nitida Günther, 1880 | |
References
- Treloar, M.A. (2009). "Pavoraja nitida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Pavoraja nitida" in FishBase. November 2008 version.
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