Brochiraja

Brochiraja
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Rajidae
Genus:	Brochiraja Last & McEachran, 2006

Brochiraja is a small genus of deep-sea skates in the family Rajidae containing eight species. This genus occurs in the waters around New Zealand.

Species

Brochiraja aenigma Last & McEachran, 2006
Brochiraja albilabiata Last & McEachran, 2006
Brochiraja asperula (Garrick & Paul, 1974) (Smooth deep-sea skate)
Brochiraja heuresa Last & Séret, 2012^[1]
Brochiraja leviveneta Last & McEachran, 2006
Brochiraja microspinifera Last & McEachran, 2006
Brochiraja spinifera (Garrick & Paul, 1974) (Prickly deep-sea skate)
Brochiraja vittacauda Last & Séret, 2012^[1]

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Brochiraja in FishBase. February 2011 version.

1 2 Last, P.R. & Séret, B. (2012): Two new softnose skates of the genus Brochiraja (Rajoidei: Arhynchobatidae) from the deepwater slopes and banks of the Norfolk Ridge (South-West Pacific). Zootaxa, 3155: 47–64.

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