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Brochiraja

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Brochiraja is a genus of deep-sea skates in the family Arhynchobatidae containing eight species. They are found in the waters around New Zealand and the Tasman Sea.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Brochiraja is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Chordata and Wikidata.

Vinony files it under Batomorphi genera, Rajiformes and Taxa named by Peter R. Last.

Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassElasmobranchii
  4. OrderRajiformes
  5. FamilyArhynchobatidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded1,948

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Arhynchobatidae
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Brochiraja is a genus of deep-sea skates in the family Arhynchobatidae containing eight species. They are found in the waters around New Zealand and the Tasman Sea.

== Species == Brochiraja aenigma Last & McEachran, 2006 (Enigma skate) Brochiraja albilabiata Last & McEachran, 2006 Brochiraja asperula (Garrick & Paul, 1974) (Smooth deep-sea skate) Brochiraja heuresa Last & Séret, 2012 Brochiraja leviveneta Last & McEachran, 2006 Brochiraja microspinifera Last & McEachran, 2006 Brochiraja spinifera (Garrick & Paul, 1974) (Prickly deep-sea skate) Brochiraja vittacauda Last & Séret, 2012

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brochiraja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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