Smooth deep-sea skate

{{Short description|Species of cartilaginous fish}}

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

{{Speciesbox

| image = Pavoraja asperula MA2140 001.jpg

| image_caption = Specimen from the Auckland War Memorial Museum collections

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Finucci, B. |author2= Kyne, P.M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2018 |title= Brochiraja asperula |page= e.T161602A116739483 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161602A116739483.en |access-date=24 April 2024}}

| taxon = Brochiraja asperula

| authority = (Garrick & Paul, 1974)

| synonyms =

• Bathyraja asperula Garrick & Paul, 1974
• Notoraja asperula (Garrick & Paul, 1974)
• Pavoraja asperula (Garrick & Paul, 1974)

}}

The smooth deep-sea skate (Brochiraja asperula) is a skate in the family Arhynchobatidae.{{FishBase|Brochiraja|asperula|month=January|year=2019}} It is found off New Zealand, at depths of from {{cvt|200|to|1300|m|-1}} 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.]|oclc=9506630}} Their length is from {{cvt|30|to|50|cm}}.