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

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Pavoraja
Species:
P. nitida
Binomial name
Pavoraja nitida
Günther, 1880

References

  1. Treloar, M.A. (2009). "Pavoraja nitida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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