Species profile—Dentiraja australis (Sydney skate)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Rajidae (skates) → Dentiraja australis (Sydney skate)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
- Family
- Rajidae (skates)
- Scientific name
- Dentiraja australis (Macleay, 1884)
- Common name
- Sydney skate
- Type reference
- Macleay, W. (1884). Some results of trawl fishing outside Port Jackson. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 457-462.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22606
- Synonym(s)
- Dipturus australis
Okamejei australis
Raja australis - Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22606.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
