Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Rajiformes

Family: Rajidae

Genus: Dentiraja

Species: Dentiraja oculus (Last, 2008)

Climate Zone

Location

• Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia.

Biology

Found primarily near the shelf break and on the upper continental slope. Length of adolescent males varied from 32.8-48.4 cm TL, with the largest measured with fully extended claspers indicating that this is a small skate (Ref. 75648).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless