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Zearaja
Zearaja nasuta by Joyce Allan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Rajidae
Genus:	Zearaja Whitley, 1939
Type species
Raja nasuta J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841

Zearaja is a small genus of skates in the family Rajidae. It currently consists of four described species found in oceans off New Zealand, Tasmania and southern South America.

Species

There are four species in the genus:

• Zearaja brevicaudata (Marini, 1933) (Short tail yellownose skate)
• Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) (Yellownose skate)
• Zearaja maugeana (Last & Gledhill, 2007) (Maugean skate)
• Zearaja nasuta (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (New Zealand rough skate)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Zearaja". FishBase.
2. Last, P.R.; Weigman, S.; Yang, L. (2016). "Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)". In Last, P.R.; Yearsley, G.R. (eds.). Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication. pp. 11–34. ISBN 9781486308019.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Zearaja". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 November 2024.

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