Longtail skate

Longtail skate
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Arhynchobatidae
Genus:	Arhynchobatis; Waite, 1909
Species:	A. asperrimus
Binomial name
	Arhynchobatis asperrimus; Waite, 1909

The longtail skate (Arhynchobatis asperrimus) is a skate and is the only member of the genus Arhynchobatis.^[2] This species was first described by Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1909.^[3] It is found off New Zealand at depths of from 90 to 1,000 m (300 to 3,280 ft) on the continental shelf.^[4] Its length is from 30 to 75 cm (12 to 30 in).^[4]

Conservation status

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the longtail skate as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.^[5]

References

^ Finucci, B. & Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Arhynchobatis asperrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T161577A116739346. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161577A116739346.en. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Arhynchobatis asperrimus". FishBase. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
^ Waite, Edgar Ravenswood (1909). "Pisces. Part I." Records of the Canterbury Museum. 1: 131–156 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ ^a ^b Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 0002169878. 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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[IUCN-1] Finucci, B. & Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Arhynchobatis asperrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T161577A116739346. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161577A116739346.en. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Arhynchobatis asperrimus". FishBase. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[3] Waite, Edgar Ravenswood (1909). "Pisces. Part I." Records of the Canterbury Museum. 1: 131–156 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[:0-4] Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 0002169878. OCLC 9506630.

[5] 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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