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Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: Rajella: Latin, raja, -ae = a sting ray (Raja sp.) (Ref. 45335).

Issue
Specific name amended to R. leoparda in accordance with ICZN Article 34.2 by Weigmann et al., 2014 (Ref.96993).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 130 - 1920 m (Ref. 106604). Deep-water; - 36°S

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Eastern Atlantic: off eastern and western South Africa to off Mauritania

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 95.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 106604)

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Large skate with a moderately long snout, small eyes, and a flat disc; tail about as long as body; small inconspicuous, light thorns on upper surface including snout (Ref. 5578). Medium grey to brownish dorsally, often with dark spots; white or mottled with dusky patches ventrally (Ref. 5578).

Found in deeper shelf and slope waters (Ref. 4426). Feed on bottom crustaceans, dragonets, rattails, hake, lanternfish, sea pens, cuttlefish and polychaete worms (Ref. 5578). Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205). Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats (Ref. 205). Egg capsules are 7.4 cm long and 7.4 cm wide (Ref. 41249). Caught by hake trawlers (Ref. 5578).

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Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449). Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205).

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McEachran, J.D. and K.A. Dunn, 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2):271-290. (Ref. 27314)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 31 August 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4.1 - 11.9, mean 6.9 °C (based on 47 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00309 (0.00191 - 0.00501), b=3.33 (3.20 - 3.46), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.9 ±0.63 se; based on food items.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Fec assumed to be <100).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (58 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 9.71 [1.80, 49.75] mg/100g; Iron = 0.404 [0.092, 1.262] mg/100g; Protein = 16.5 [13.7, 19.1] %; Omega3 = 0.644 [0.200, 2.420] g/100g; Selenium = 14.5 [3.8, 46.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13 [3, 56] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.299 [0.147, 0.566] mg/100g (wet weight);

Rajella leoparda (von Bonde & Swart, 1923)