| False peacock skate | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
| Genus: | Pavoraja |
| Species: | P. pseudonitida |
| Binomial name | |
| Pavoraja pseudonitida Last, Mallick and Yearsley, 2008 | |
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. Its maximum size is 37.2 cm (14.6 in) total length.
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.
References
- ^ Rigby, C. (2015). "Pavoraja pseudonitida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T195473A68640697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T195473A68640697.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Last, Peter R.; Mallick, Stephen; Yearsley, Gordon K. (2008). "A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1812: 1–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1812.1.1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2011.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pavoraja pseudonitida". FishBase. October 2015 version.
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| Pavoraja pseudonitida | |
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