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Rajidae
Melbourne skate
Spiniraja whitleyi
Sharp spines line neck and shoulders
- Temperate
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Oceania
- Other
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Other
LargeMelbourne skate is a marine fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 200 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Skates
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Spiniraja
- Maximum length
- 200 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- other
- Distribution
- Eastern Indian Ocean: endemic to southern Australia.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
