Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Rajiformes > Rajidae > Leucoraja > Leucoraja wallacei

Leucoraja wallacei (Yellowspotted skate; Yellowspot skate; Yellow spotted skate; Skate; Blancmange skate)

Synonyms: Raja wallacei
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Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Leucoraja wallacei

Prey / Diet

Paracallionymus costatus (Ladder dragonet)[1]
Sepia australis (southern cuttlefish)[2]
Squalus megalops (Short-nose spurdog)[1]
Thyrsites atun (snake mackerel)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Chelidonichthys capensis (Gurnard)1
Holohalaelurus regani (Mottled dog-fish)1
Lophius vomerinus (Cape monk)1
Merluccius capensis (Cape hake)1
Scyliorhinus capensis (Yellowspotted catshark)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Andocadoncum meganae[3]
Echinobothrium marquesi[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 3Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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