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The '''prickly deepsea skate''', ''Notoraja asperula'', is a [[skate]] of the genus ''[[Notoraja]]'', found around [[New Zealand]], at depths of from 200 to 1,300 m on the [[continental shelf]]. Their length is from 30 to 50 cm. |
The '''prickly deepsea skate''', ''Notoraja asperula'', is a [[skate]] of the genus ''[[Notoraja]]'', found around [[New Zealand]], at depths of from 200 to 1,300 m on the [[continental shelf]]. Their length is from 30 to 50 cm. |
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The prickly deepsea skate is a small deepwater ray of rounded shape, with a short snout and two small [[dorsal fin]]s near the tip of the tail. |
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The soft skin is dark brown on the upper surfaces with a central narrow band of prickles on the hind part of the body and the tail. |
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Its diet is fishes and [[shrimp]]s. |
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Eggs are oblong capsules (3.7 cm long and 2.2 cm wide) with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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The prickly deepsea skate, Notoraja asperula, is a skate of the genus Notoraja, found around New Zealand, at depths of from 200 to 1,300 m on the continental shelf. Their length is from 30 to 50 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Notoraja asperula" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8