Pavoraja pseudonitida

Pavoraja pseudonitida, commonly known as the false peacock skate, is a species of fish in the family Arhynchobatidae. It lives in depths ranging from 212 to 512 meters in the western Pacific Ocean off the coast of north-eastern Australia.[1][3] Its maximum size is 37.2 cm (14.6 in) total length.[3]

False peacock skate
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Pavoraja
Species:
P. pseudonitida
Binomial name
Pavoraja pseudonitida
Last, Mallick and Yearsley, 2008[2]

Pavoraja pseudonitida might be the most common skate on the upper continental slope of northeast Australia. Although it can occur as by-catch, current levels of fishing in its range are unlikely to pose a significant threat.[1]

References

  1. Rigby, C. (2015). "Pavoraja mosaica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T195473A68640697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T195473A68640697.en.
  2. Last, Peter R.; Mallick, Stephen and Yearsley, Gordon K. (2008). "A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1812: 1–45. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2011.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Pavoraja pseudonitida" in FishBase. October 2015 version.


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