:New Zealand rough skate

{{Short description|Species of cartilaginous fish}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

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| image = Zearaja nasuta by Gregs.jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| taxon = Zearaja nasuta

| authority = (Banks ex Müller & Henle, 1841)

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File:Raja nasuta by Frank Edward Clarke.jpg

The New Zealand rough skate, Zearaja nasuta, is a skate of the genus Zearaja, found around New Zealand at depths between 10 and 1,500 m. Its length is up to 1 m.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fishbase.org/summary/13144|title=Zearaja nasuta (Müller & Henle, 1841) New Zealand rough skate|last1=Torres|first1=Armi G.|last2=Sampang-Reyes|first2=Arlene G.|website=www.fishbase.org|access-date=21 January 2019}} This species has been assessed by the IUCN as of Least Concern.{{Cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41800/116736924|title=Rough Skate|date=22 June 2017|access-date=23 January 2019}} In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the New Zealand rough skate as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Conservation Dependant" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.{{Cite book|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs23entire.pdf|title=Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016|last1=Duffy|first1=Clinton A. J.|last2=Francis|first2=Malcolm|last3=Dunn|first3=M. R.|last4=Finucci|first4=Brit|last5=Ford|first5=Richard|last6=Hitchmough|first6=Rod|last7=Rolfe|first7=Jeremy|publisher=Department of Conservation|year=2018|isbn=9781988514628|location=Wellington, New Zealand|pages=11|oclc=1042901090}}