Thornback skate
| Thornback skate | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Dentiraja |
| Species: | D. lemprieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Dentiraja lemprieri (J. Richardson, 1845) | |
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The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri) is a species of skate of the family Rajidae. A bottom-dwelling fish, it is endemic to Australia, occurring in relatively shallow waters from near-shore to 170 metres.[2] The thornback skate can grow up to 52 cm long.
The species was collected by Thomas Lempriere from Tasmanian waters and described and named in Lempriere's honour by John Richardson.[3]
References
- ^ Treloar, M.A. (2015). "Dentiraja lemprieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T161489A68619906. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T161489A68619906.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. "Dentiraja lemprieri, Thornback skate". FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.
- ^ Tuffin, Richard; Vertigan, Caitlin (2020). "Shoot, Catalogue, Eat: Interacting with Nature at a Tasmanian Penal Station" (PDF). Proceedings of the Australia ICOMOS Science Heritage Symposium: Under the Microscope - Exploring Science Heritage: 14.
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