Thornback skate

This article is about the species of skate in Australia. For other fish with similar names, see Thornback.

The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri) is a species of skate of the family Rajidae. A bottom-dwelling fish, it is endemic to Australia, occurring in relatively shallow waters from near-shore to 170 metres.^[2] The thornback skate can grow up to 52 cm long.

Thornback skate
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Rajidae
Genus:	Dentiraja
Species:	D. lemprieri
Binomial name
Dentiraja lemprieri (J. Richardson, 1845)

The species was collected by Thomas Lempriere from Tasmanian waters and described and named in Lempriere's honour by John Richardson.^[3]