Yellowspotted skate (Leucoraja wallacei) fish species and information / pictures of Yellowspotted skate - Leucoraja wallacei

Yellowspotted skate (Leucoraja wallacei) fish species information

Scientific Name
Leucoraja wallacei

Common Name
Yellowspotted skate

Biology
A distinctive skate with bright yellow spots, often in rosettes and whorls and sometimes forming eye-like markings on pectoral bases (Ref. 5578). Snout short, broad and blunt, disc narrow, and tail longer than body; disc very rough with 2-4 rows of thorns from midback to 1st dorsal fin, and with broadly rounded corners (Ref. 5578). Yellowish brown above, white below; some grey-brown above with white spots (Ref. 5578).

Classification

Classified By

Hulley, 1970

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: L?deritz, Namibia round the Cape (South Africa) to southern Mozambique.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

70 m

Depth To - meters

450 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; brackish; bathydemersal; depth range 70 - 450 m (Ref. 11284)

Trophic Level

3.90000009536743 s.e. 0.64 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

100.0 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

Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100)

Resilience

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

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Least Concern (LC)