Roughbelly skate (Dipturus springeri) fish species and information / pictures of Roughbelly skate - Dipturus springeri

Roughbelly skate (Dipturus springeri) fish species information

Scientific Name
Dipturus springeri

Common Name
Roughbelly skate

Biology
An all-dark longnose skate with its underside uniformly roughened by small denticles; snout acutely pointed and greatly elongated, and tail moderately stout and not conspicuously swollen; pectoral disc angular and broader than in other longnose skates in the area; no nape thorn (Ref. 5578). Dark grey to blackish above and below, ventral mucous pores black (Ref. 5578).

Classification

Classified By

Wallace, 1967

Class

Sharks and Rays (Elasmobranchii)

Order

Skates and Rays (Rajiformes)

Family

Skates (Rajidae)

Distribution

Region

Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean

Distribution

Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean: in scattered localities from L?deritz, Namibia round the Cape (South Africa) to central Mozambique; also off Madagascar and Kenya.

Range

- 35°S

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

88 m

Depth To - meters

740 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 88 - 740 m (Ref. 11284), usually 400 - 500 m (Ref. 5578)

Trophic Level

4.3 s.e. 0.69 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

160 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Very high vulnerability (81 of 100)

Resilience

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Data deficient (DD)