Zearaja
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| Zearaja | |
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| Zearaja nasuta by Joyce Allan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Zearaja Whitley, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Raja nasuta J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841
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Zearaja is a small genus of skates in the family Rajidae. It currently consists of four described species found in oceans off New Zealand, Tasmania and southern South America.[1][2]
Species
[edit | edit source]There are four species in the genus:[3]
- Zearaja brevicaudata (Marini, 1933) (Short tail yellownose skate)
- Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) (Yellownose skate)
- Zearaja maugeana (Last & Gledhill, 2007) (Maugean skate)
- Zearaja nasuta (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (New Zealand rough skate)
References
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