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Common Skate
Dentiraja australis
The Sydney skate (Dentiraja australis) is a species of skate of the family Rajidae native to waters off the east coast of Australia.
From the article Sydney skate on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Generally between 43 and 48 centimetres (17 and 19 in) long, the Sydney skate can reach 55 centimetres (22 in) in length. The upperparts are brown, with lighter color on the snout and pectoral fins, while the underparts are white.
Range & habitat
The Sydney skate is found on the continental shelf off the east coast of Australia, at depths of 20 to 325 metres (66 to 1,066 ft). Once one of the most abundant skate species the continental shelf off Eastern Australia, the Sydney skate has drastically declined in numbers. Skate species declined in trawl catches off the New South Wales central and south coast by 83% between 1976/1977 and 1996/1997. It is one of four species identified as threatened with extinction by trawling in a 2021 report.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 607480.