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== Conservation == |
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The Arctic skate is classified as being of "least concern" by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.<ref>{{Cite |
The Arctic skate is classified as being of "least concern" by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.<ref>{{Cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63119/68608464|title=Amblyraja hyperborea.|last=Kulka|first=D.W.|last2=Barker|first2=A.S.|date=15 August 2015|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T63119A68608464|access-date=15 January 2019|last3=Pasolini|first3=P.|last4=Orlov|first4=A.|last5=Walls|first5=R.H.L.}}</ref> |
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In New Zealand, the [[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]] has classified the Arctic skate as "Not Threatened" under the [[New Zealand Threat Classification System]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs23entire.pdf|title=Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016|last=Duffy|first=Clinton A. J.|last2=Francis|first2=Malcolm|last3=Dunn|first3=M. R.|last4=Finucci|first4=Brit|last5=Ford|first5=Richard|last6=Hitchmough|first6=Rod|last7=Rolfe|first7=Jeremy|publisher=Department of Conservation|year=2016|isbn=9781988514628|location=Wellington, New Zealand|pages=8|oclc=1042901090}}</ref> |
In New Zealand, the [[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]] has classified the Arctic skate as "Not Threatened" under the [[New Zealand Threat Classification System]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs23entire.pdf|title=Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016|last=Duffy|first=Clinton A. J.|last2=Francis|first2=Malcolm|last3=Dunn|first3=M. R.|last4=Finucci|first4=Brit|last5=Ford|first5=Richard|last6=Hitchmough|first6=Rod|last7=Rolfe|first7=Jeremy|publisher=Department of Conservation|year=2016|isbn=9781988514628|location=Wellington, New Zealand|pages=8|oclc=1042901090}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:29, 23 September 2021
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Amblyraja |
| Species: | A. hyperborea
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| Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879)
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The Arctic skate (Amblyraja hyperborea) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It lives near the seabed between 140 and 2,500 m deep in the Arctic Ocean and waters around Canada and northern and north-western Europe, in the northern Pacific Ocean, and in waters surrounding Antarctica and New Zealand.[1]
The Arctic skate is about 1 m long and is gray-brown with large dark spots. Its underside is white with dark patterns. It has thorns in line from back to near the end of its tail. It is oviparous; its eggs are capsules with hard horns on each corner. It eats all sorts of small animals at the bottom of the sea.[1]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Robert Collett in 1879 and named Raja hyperborea.[2]
Conservation
The Arctic skate is classified as being of "least concern" by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[3]
In New Zealand, the Department of Conservation has classified the Arctic skate as "Not Threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Amblyraja hyperborea summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
- ^ Collett, Robert (1879). "Fiske fra Nordhavs-Expeditionens sidste Togt, Sommeren 1878". Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania. 1878: 1–64 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Kulka, D.W.; Barker, A.S.; Pasolini, P.; Orlov, A.; Walls, R.H.L. (15 August 2015). "Amblyraja hyperborea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 15 August 2015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T63119A68608464. Retrieved 15 January 2019. {{cite iucn}}: error: malformed |doi= identifier (help)
- ^ Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2016). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 8. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.
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