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Okamejei arafurensis Last & Gledhill, 2008

Arafura skate
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Elasmobranchii (hajar och rockor) (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: arafurensis: Named for its distributional area, Arafura Sea..
More on authors: Last & Gledhill.

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

marina bentopelagisk; djupintervall 179 - 298 m (Ref. 75645). Tropical; 8°S - 15°S, 120°E - 133°E (Ref. 114953)

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Eastern Indian Ocean: off northwestern Australia (Ref. 114953).

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.7 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 75645); 49.5 cm TL (female)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found on outer continental shelf and upper slope (Ref. 114953). Length of one adolescent male 29.9 cm TL; males mature at 37.6-40.7 cm TL; smallest juvenile at 23.5 cm TL (Ref. 75645).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

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Last, P.R. and D.C. Gledhill, 2008. Two new skates of the genus Okamejei (Rajoidei: Rajiidae) from south-east Indian Ocean. In Last. P.R., W.T. White, J.J. Pogonoski and D.C. Gledhill (eds) : Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei) pg. 119-134. CSIRO marine and atmospheric research paper no. 021. (Ref. 75645)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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