Prickly deepsea skate

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The Prickly deepsea skate lives in the bathydemersal, marine, depth range 170 - 1460 m environment.

The prickly deepsea skate, Notoraja asperula, is a skate of the genus Notoraja, found around New Zealand, at depths of from 200 to 1,300 m on the continental shelf. Their length is from 30 to 50 cm. More

Common names

Doornige diepzeerog in Dutch (Nederlands)
Prickly deep-sea skate in English
Prickly deepsea skate in English
Spiny deepsea skate in English
大棘深海鰩 in Mandarin Chinese
大棘深海鳐 in Mandarin Chinese
新西兰深鳐 in Mandarin Chinese
新西蘭深鰩 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Rajiformes
Family : Rajidae
Genus : Brochiraja
Species : Brochiraja spinifera
Authority : Garrick & Paul, 1974

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Prickly deepsea skate (Brochiraja spinifera)