Longtail skate

Longtail skate
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Arhynchobatis
Waite, 1909
Species: A. asperrimus
Binomial name
Arhynchobatis asperrimus
Waite, 1909

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.

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