Zearaja
{{Short description|Genus of cartilaginous fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = The Australian zoologist (1937) (20325044936).jpg
| image_alt = Zearaja nasuta by Joyce Allan
| image_caption = Zearaja nasuta by Joyce Allan
| taxon = Zearaja
| authority = Whitley, 1939
| type_species = Raja nasuta
| type_species_authority = 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.{{FishBase genus|genus=Zearaja}}{{cite book| author1=Last, P.R.| author1-link=Peter R. Last|author2=Weigman, S. |author3=Yang, L. | year=2016 | chapter=Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes) | pages=11–34 |editor1=Last, P.R. |editor2=Yearsley, G.R. | title=Rays of the World: Supplementary Information | publisher=CSIRO Special Publication | isbn=9781486308019 }}
Species
There are four species in the genus:{{Cof genus|genus=Zearaja|access-date=1 November 2024}}
- 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
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Category:Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley
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