Common names:
Graceful skate, Peacock skate, Roughback skate
Occurrence:
endemic
Salinity:
marine
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Type locality, off Twofold Bay, New South Wales, BMNH 1879.5.14.417 (holotype of Raja nitida, 21.0 cm TL, immature male) (Ref. 76878). Occurs in southeastern Australia, including Tasmania, north to at least Newcastle in New South Wales and west to Eyre (Ref. 6871). Abundant on the continental shelf of southern Australia (Ref. 6871).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:
