Blue Deepsea Skate

Brochiraja leviveneta

Across New Zealand ridges and plateau mud

Blue
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Other
Large

Blue Deepsea Skate is a marine fish of bottom habitat. Its source record singles out this identifying detail: Across New Zealand ridges and plateau mud.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Skates
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Brochiraja
Maximum length: 50.9 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: other
Distribution: Southwest Pacific: Lord Howe Rise, Challenger Plateau and northern continental slope of New Zealand south to the Clatham Rise, onto the Campbell Plateau, Pukaki Rise and Bounty Platform.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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