Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Rajiformes > Arhynchobatidae > Bathyraja > Bathyraja albomaculata

Bathyraja albomaculata (White-dotted skate; Spotted Ray)

Synonyms: Breviraja albomaculata; Raja albomaculata; Rhinoraja albomaculata
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Wikipedia Abstract

The White-dotted skate (Bathyraja albomaculata) is a species of skate in the family Rajidae. It lives in the Southwest Atlantic off the coast of Uruguay, Argentina and the Falkland Islands and uncommonly off Chile (Guamblin Island) in the Southeast Pacific, at depths ranging from 55 to 861 metres. Males reach maturity at the age of about 11 years and females about 10 years. At maturity the total length of males is about 62.8 cm and females 65.3 cm. The oldest reported specimen was 17 years old. The maximum length has been estimated to be almost one metre. It is oviparous. Egg capsules are oblong having horned corners, the horns at the back end appear first and are longer, and thinner than the front ones. Capsules are barrel-shaped, quite smooth, yellow-brown when freshly laid, but they get
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Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Bathyraja albomaculata

Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  10 years
Litter Size [1]  57
Maximum Longevity [1]  17 years

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Otodistomum plunketi[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0