thornback skate

{{Short description|Species of cartilaginous fish}}

{{About|the species of skate in Australia|other fish with similar names|Thornback (disambiguation){{!}}Thornback}}

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| image = FMIB 45554 Raja lemprieri.jpeg

| taxon = Dentiraja lemprieri

| authority = (J. Richardson, 1845)

| range_map = Dent lemp range.png

|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Treloar, M.A. |date=2015 |title=Dentiraja lemprieri |volume=2015 |page=e.T161489A68619906 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T161489A68619906.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

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The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri) is a species of skate of the family Rajidae. A bottom-dwelling fish, it is endemic to Australia, occurring in relatively shallow waters from near-shore to 170 metres.{{cite web|last1=Froese|first1=R.|last2=Pauly|first2=D.|title=Dentiraja lemprieri, Thornback skate|url=http://www.fishbase.org/summary/24081|website=FishBase|publisher=World Wide Web electronic publication}} The thornback skate can grow up to 52 cm long.

The species was collected by Thomas Lempriere from Tasmanian waters and described and named in Lempriere's honour by John Richardson.{{cite journal|url=https://rune.une.edu.au/web/bitstream/1959.11/28907/4/openpublished/ShootTuffin2018ConferencePublication.pdf|title=Shoot, Catalogue, Eat: Interacting with Nature at a Tasmanian Penal Station|year=2020|first1=Richard|last1=Tuffin|first2=Caitlin|last2=Vertigan|journal=Proceedings of the Australia ICOMOS Science Heritage Symposium: Under the Microscope - Exploring Science Heritage|page=14}}