Longnose Skate

Dentiraja confusa

Sharks and rays
IUCN: Critically endangered

Usual depth47–158 m
Water temperature12–28 °C
Best monthsApril, August, and December
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) CSIRO National Fish Collection, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The Australian longnose skate is a species of skate of the family Rajidae native waters off eastern Australia – New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Australian longnose skate”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 13 records
March: 25 records
April: 103 records
May: 12 records
June: 24 records
July: 20 records
August: 66 records
September: 20 records
October: 22 records
November: 20 records
December: 70 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 47–158 m · Deepest record: 444 m

10–20 m: 4 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 29 records
50–60 m: 9 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 29 records
80–90 m: 48 records
90–100 m: 11 records
100–110 m: 17 records
110–120 m: 106 records
120+ m: 95 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–28 °C

10–12 °C: 3 records
12–14 °C: 29 records
14–16 °C: 33 records
16–18 °C: 144 records
18–20 °C: 143 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 9 records

Names and classification

English: Longnose Skate

Other scientific names: Dipturus confusus

Similar species

Common Skate
Dentiraja australis
Hind Skate
Dentiraja cerva
Australian Thornback Skate
Dentiraja lemprieri
Eye Skate
Dentiraja falloargus
Pygmy Thornback Skate
Dentiraja flindersi
Heald's Skate
Dentiraja healdi

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
593 open-data records from 1909 to 2024.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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