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Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: Dipturus: Greek, di = two + Greek, pteryx = fin (Ref. 45335); grahamorum: Named for the efforts of two unrelated Australasian ichthyologists, Alastair Graham (Australian National Fish collection) and and Ken Graham (NSW Depart.Primary Industries).
Eponymy: Kenneth ‘Ken’ John Graham (d: 1947), originally from New Zealand, spent his career as an ichthyologist, biologist and fisheries research scientist in Australia. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Last.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 70 - 490 m (Ref. 75648), usually 250 - 450 m (Ref. 75648). Tropical; 25°S - 37°S, 151°E - 155°E (Ref. 114953)
Southwest Pacific: off eastern Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 62.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75648); 64.1 cm TL (female)
A demersal species most commonly found on continental slope. Biology poorly known (Ref. 114953). No observed adolescent males, but with undeveloped claspers at 46.8 cm TL; adult males from 54.5- 62.2 cm TL, and smallest confirmed juvenile 18.3 cm TL (Ref. 75648).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Last, P.R., 2008. New short-snout members of the skate genus Dipturus (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from Australian seas. pp. 53-98. In Last, P.R., W.T. White, J.J. Pogonoski and D.C. Gledhill (eds.): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei) pg. 53-98. CSIRO marine and atmospheric research paper no. 021. (Ref. 75648)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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