The Melbourne skate (''Spiniraja whitleyi'') is a species of
fish in the belonging to the skate family
Rajidae. It is
endemic to southern
Australia
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. Its natural
habitat is open
sea
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s. It is found at depths up to 345 meters.
[LAST, P.R. & SÉRET, B. & STEHMANN, M.F.W. & WEIGMANN, S. (2016)
Skates, Family Rajidae. In: Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W & Naylor, G.J.P (Eds.) Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne: 204–363]
References
Melbourne skate
Marine fish of Southern Australia
Melbourne skate
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