Longtail skate

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The Longtail skate lives in the bathydemersal, marine, depth range 290 - 750 m environment.

The longtail skate, Arhynchobatis asperrimus is a skate, the only member of the genus Arhynchobatis, found around New Zealand at depths of from 90 to 1,000 m on the continental shelf. Its length is from 30 to 75 cm. More

Common names

Longtail skate in English
Pluto skate in English
Plutodwergrog in Dutch (Nederlands)
暗吞鰩 in Mandarin Chinese
暗吞鳐 in Mandarin Chinese
暗短鰩 in Mandarin Chinese
暗短鳐 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Rajiformes
Family : Rajidae
Genus : Fenestraja
Species : Fenestraja plutonia
Authority : Garman, 1881