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Species profile—Insentiraja laxipella (eastern looseskin skate)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Rajidae (skates) → Insentiraja laxipella (eastern looseskin skate)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
Family
Rajidae (skates)
Scientific name
Insentiraja laxipella (Yearsley & Last, 1992)
Common name
eastern looseskin skate
Type reference
Yearsley, G.K. and Last, P.R. (1992). Pavoraja (Insentiraja) laxipella, a new subgenus and species of skate (Chondrichthyes: Rajoidei). Copeia 839-850.
WildNet taxon ID
22598
Synonym(s)
Pavoraja laxipella
Notoraja laxipella
Pavoraja sp. A
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Dependant Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine

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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=22598.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024