Pavoraja arenaria

Sandy skate
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Pavoraja
Species: P. arenaria
Binomial name
Pavoraja arenaria
Last, Mallick and Yearsley, 2008[2]

The Pavoraja arenaria (common name: sandy skate, yellow skate) is a species of fish in Rajidae family. It lives in depths ranging from 192 to 712 meters but is usually found from 300 to 400 meters out the coast of western Australia.[1][3] Its maximum size is 34.3 cm (13.5 in) total length.[3] It is a little-known species that could be threatened by being taken as by-catch in trawl fisheries.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Heaven, C. & Huveneers, C. (2015). "Pavoraja arenaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T195471A68640323. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. Last, Peter R.; Mallick, Stephen and Yearsley, Gordon K. (2008). "A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1812: 1–45. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Pavoraja arenaria" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
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