# Zearaja

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***Zearaja*** is a small genus of skates in the family [Rajidae](/source/Rajidae). It currently consists of four described species found in oceans off [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania) and southern South America.[1][2]

## Species

There are four species in the genus:[3]

- *[Zearaja brevicaudata](/source/Zearaja_brevicaudata)* ([Marini](/source/Tom%C3%A1s_Leandro_Marini), 1933) (Short tail yellownose skate)
- *[Zearaja chilensis](/source/Zearaja_chilensis)* ([Guichenot](/source/Alphone_Guichenot), 1848) (Yellownose skate)
- *[Zearaja maugeana](/source/Zearaja_maugeana)* ([Last](/source/Peter_R._Last) & [Gledhill](/source/Daniel_C._Gledhill), 2007) (Maugean skate)
- *[Zearaja nasuta](/source/New_Zealand_rough_skate)* ([J. P. Müller](/source/Johannes_Peter_M%C3%BCller) & [Henle](/source/Friedrich_Gustav_Jakob_Henle), 1841) (New Zealand rough skate)

## References

1. Last, P.R.; Weigman, S.; Yang, L. (2016). "Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)". *Rays of the World: Supplementary Information*. Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.R. (eds.). CSIRO Special Publication. pp. 11–34. ISBN 9781486308019.

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