---
title: "New Zealand Rough Skate"
description: "Zearaja nasuta — Pesci. The New Zealand rough skate (Zearaja nasuta) is a skate of the genus Zearaja, found around New Zealand at depths between 10 and 1,500 m."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/new-zealand-rough-skate
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# New Zealand Rough Skate

> Zearaja nasuta — Pesci. The New Zealand rough skate (Zearaja nasuta) is a skate of the genus Zearaja, found around New Zealand at depths between 10 and 1,500 m.

- Scientific name: *Zearaja nasuta*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 141
- Wikidata: [Q6392329](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6392329)
- iNaturalist taxon: [115240](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/115240)

## Names

- en: New Zealand Rough Skate

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (135)

## Summary

The New Zealand rough skate (Zearaja nasuta) is a skate of the genus Zearaja, found around New Zealand at depths between 10 and 1,500 m.  Its length is up to 1 m. This species has been assessed by the IUCN as of Least Concern. In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the New Zealand rough skate as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Conservation Dependant" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_rough_skate

## Photo

![New Zealand Rough Skate](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/new-zealand-rough-skate/medium.jpg)

Photo: gregs · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15304142

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/new-zealand-rough-skate?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).