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}}

References

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Category:Rajidae

Category:Ray genera

Category:Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley

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