FB-4552 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4552 Animalia Chordata Elasmobranchii Rajiformes Rajidae Raja Raja brachyura Lafont, 1873 Prikkrokke Prikkskate Raja bialoplama Arraia Raia Raia pontuada Raia-pontuada شِفنين بحري مَلْسَة Morgath felen Blond rokke Småplettet rokke Blonde Blondrochen Blonde Blonde ray Blonde skate Valgetäpp-rai Pilkkurausku Raie à queue courte Raie blanche Raie blanche douce Raie blanche lissée Raie lisse Skata Pichira schizzata Razza a coda corta скат короткохвостый Raza Ljus rocka Ljusa rockan Kütkuyrukvatoz balığı Boca de rosa Raia braquiura Raya braquiura Raya Raya boca de rosa Blonde de ray Blonde rog Okrasta raža Rajada de boca rosa Rajada rosa Saláhi Xanthovatos Βάτος Ξανθόβατος Ράγια Ράτσα Ρίνα Σαλάχι 短尾鰩 短尾鳐 Raia blanda Holt, 1894 Raia brachyura Lafont, 1873 Raja blanda Holt, 1894 Raja oculata (non Chabanaud & Monod, 1927) 1991-07-23 2024-01-23 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. 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(Ref. 132125) FB-pic-4552-18784 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1998-12-20 1999-08-11 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4552 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Rabra_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Rabra_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-4552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-07-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Found on sand and sand-rock bottoms (Ref. 6808). Feed on all kinds of benthic animals (Ref. 3167). 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 10.0-14.3 cm long and 5.8-9.0 cm wide (Ref. 41250). About 40-90 eggs are laid per individual every year (Ref. 41250). 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) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2001-07-12 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Upper surface wholly prickly, except in juveniles; underside only prickly along front margins of disc; orbital thorns separate; a regular median row of 40-45 thorns in juveniles and adult females, interrupted on back in males; 60-90 tooth rows; upper surface ochre, with numerous small dark spots to margins of disc, underside white (Ref. 3167). Stehmann, M. and D.L. Bürkel 1984 Rajidae. p. 163-196. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 1. (Ref. 3167) FB-Morphology-4552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2001-07-12 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4552 Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 0 Stehmann, M. and D.L. Bürkel 1984 Rajidae. p. 163-196. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 1. (Ref. 3167) FB-Distribution-4552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-07-23 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Eastern Atlantic: Shetland Islands to Morocco, Rio de Oro (Western Sahara), and Madeira. Stehmann, M. 1990 Rajidae. p. 29-50. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic. Junta Nacional de Investigaçao Cientifica e Tecnológica, Lisbon, Portugal. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4426) FB-Uses-4552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-07-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; price category: medium; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus Stehmann, M. and D.L. Bürkel 1984 Rajidae. p. 163-196. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 1. (Ref. 3167) International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, USA. (Ref. 4699) FB-LifeCycle-4552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1991-07-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=4552&StockCode=4737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449). Spawning mainly from February to August with at least 30 egg-cases laid (Ref. 3167). Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-Size-4552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-07-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 120 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 41333)); 125 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 14.3 kg (Ref. 40637) Postel, E. and M.-H. Du Buit 1964 Liste des poissons observés à la criée de Concarneau en fin Juillet-début Août 1964. Tailles maximales enregistrées. Bulletin de la Société Scientifique de Bretagne 39:113-117. (Ref. 41333) IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. (Ref. 40637) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4552 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-07-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4552 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy demersal; marine; depth range 10 - 380 m (Ref. 6808) Brito, A. 1991 Catalogo de los pesces de las Islas Canarias. Francisco Lemus, la Laguna. 230 p. (Ref. 6808)