Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Rajiformes > Arhynchobatidae > Atlantoraja > Atlantoraja castelnaui

Atlantoraja castelnaui (Spotback skate; Ray)

Synonyms: Raja castelnaui
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Wikipedia Abstract

The spotback skate (Atlantoraja castelnaui) is a species of fish in the Rajidae family. It is found off the Atlantic coasts of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay where its natural habitat is over the continental shelf in the open sea. It is a large fish, growing to over a metre in length. It feeds mainly on other fish according to availability, with shrimps, pctopuses and other invertebrates also being eaten. Reproduction takes place throughout most of the year, with the eggs being laid in capsules that adhere to the seabed. The spotback skate is the subject of a fishery and is thought to be overfished, resulting in Greenpeace adding the fish to its red list of fish to be avoided, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature listing it as an "endangered species".
View Wikipedia Record: Atlantoraja castelnaui

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Atlantoraja castelnaui

Prey / Diet

Mullus argentinae (Argentine goatfish)[1]
Triathalassothia argentina (Toadfish)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Pomatomus saltatrix (Tailor run)1

Predators

Notorynchus cepedianus (Tiger shark)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acanthobothrium marplatense[3]
Calicotyle quequeni[4]
Notomegarhynchus navonae[4]
Procamallanus pereirai[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1"Feeding habits of a large endangered skate from the south-west Atlantic: the spotback skate, Atlantoraja castelnaui", Santiago A. Barbini and Luis O. Lucifora, Marine and Freshwater Research 63(2) 180-188
2Reproduction, abundance and feeding habits of the broadnose sevengill shark Notorynchus cepedianus in north Patagonia, Argentina, Luis O. Lucifora, Roberto C. Menni, Alicia H. Escalante, Mar Ecol Prog Ser 289: 237–244, 2005
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;
4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
5Jorrit 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.
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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