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Sandy skate
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Arhynchobatidae
Genus:	Pavoraja
Species:	P. arenaria
Binomial name
Pavoraja arenaria Last, Mallick and Yearsley, 2008

Pavoraja arenaria, commonly known as the sandy skate or yellow skate, is a species of fish in the family Arhynchobatidae. It lives in depths ranging from 192 to 712 meters but is usually found at 300 to 400 meters depth off the coast of western Australia. Its maximum size is 34.3 cm (13.5 in) total length. It is a little-known species that could be threatened by being taken as by-catch in trawl fisheries.

References

1. ^ Heaven, C.; Huveneers, C. (2015). "Pavoraja arenaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T195471A68640323. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T195471A68640323.en.
2. Last, Peter R.; Mallick, Stephen; Yearsley, Gordon K. (2008). "A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1812: 1–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1812.1.1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2011.
3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pavoraja arenaria". FishBase. October 2015 version.

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