Longtail skate

{{Short description|Species of cartilaginous fish}}

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

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| image = Arhynchobatis_asperrimus_(Longtail_skate).gif

| image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Finucci, B. |author2=Kyne, P.M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2018 |title= Arhynchobatis asperrimus |page= e.T161577A116739346 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161577A116739346.en |access-date=17 August 2023}}

| parent_authority = Waite, 1909

| taxon = Arhynchobatis asperrimus

| authority = Waite, 1909

}}

The longtail skate (Arhynchobatis asperrimus) is a skate and is the only member of the genus Arhynchobatis.{{FishBase |genus=Arhynchobatis|species=asperrimus|id=47414|access-date=16 January 2018}} This species was first described by Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1909.{{Cite journal|last=Waite|first=Edgar Ravenswood|author-link=Edgar Ravenswood Waite|date=1909|title=Pisces. Part I.|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29452589 |journal=Records of the Canterbury Museum|volume=1|pages=131–156|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}} It is found off New Zealand at depths of from {{cvt|90 to 1,000|m}} on the continental shelf.{{Cite book|title=Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand|last=Ayling|first=Tony|last2=Cox|first2=Geoffrey J.|publisher=Collins |year=1982 |isbn=0002169878|location=Auckland [N.Z.]|pages=|oclc=9506630}} Its length is from {{cvt|30 to 75|cm}}.