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Dipturus innominatus (Smooth skate; New Zealand smooth skate)

Synonyms: Raja innominata
Language: Dutch; Mandarin Chinese; Maori

Wikipedia Abstract

The New Zealand smooth skate, Dipturus innominatus, is a skate of the genus Dipturus, found around New Zealand at depths of between 15 and 1,300 m. Their length is up to 2.4 m.
View Wikipedia Record: Dipturus innominatus

Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  13 years
Male Maturity [1]  8 years
Litter Size [1]  38
Maximum Longevity [1]  24 years

Prey / Diet

Campylonotus rathbunae (sabre prawn)[2]
Helicolenus barathri (Sea perch)[2]
Macruronus novaezelandiae (Whiptail hake)[2]
Metanephrops challengeri (new zealand lobster)[2]
Scolonida gracilis[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Coelorinchus aspercephalus (Rough-head whiptail)1
Genypterus blacodes (Rock ling)2
Lepidorhynchus denticulatus (Deepsea whiptail)1
Merluccius australis (Whiting)1

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
♦ 2J. S. Forman and M. R. Dunn, Diet and scavenging habits of the smooth skate Dipturus innominatus, Journal of Fish Biology (2012) 80, 1546–1562
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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