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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = <ref name=iucnredlist>{ { cite iucn|author=Last, P.R.|author2= Gledhill, D.C. |author3= Sherman, C.S. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2016 |title= 'Zearaja maugeana |page= e.T64442A68650404 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64442A68650404.en |access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> | taxon = Dipturus maugeana | authority = Last & Gledhill, 2007 | synonyms = *Dipturus maugeana (Last & Gledhill 2007) [orth. error]Raja sp. LZearaja maugeana Last & Gledhill, 2007 | synonyms_ref = }}

The maugean skate or Port Davey skate (Zearaja maugeana'') is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. Its natural habitat is estuarine waters. It is endemic to Tasmania, only found in the brackish estuarine waters of Macquarie Harbour and Bathurst Harbour. The species was discovered in 1988 by Dr Graham Edgar.

Maugean skate

Diet

The Maugean skate holds a high trophic position in the food web (3.70). Their diet consists of benthic prey species, with crustaceans as their dominant prey type.

Maugean skate

Sources

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Marine fish of Tasmania

Endangered fauna of Australia

Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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Maugean skate