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Common names: Blotched skate
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Great Australian Bight, South Australia, CSIRO H 2954-01 (holotype of Notoraja sticta, 54.3 cm TL, adult male). Known only from the midcontinental slope of the Great Australian Bight, South Australia (33°30′ S, 130°24′ E to 35°10′ S, 133°46′ E), 820-1200 m (Ref. 75642).
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Main Ref: McEachran, J.D. and P.R. Last, 2008
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates)
Etymology: Notoraja: Greek, noton = back + Latin, raja = fish, Raja sp. (Ref. 45335); sticta: Name from Greek 'stiktos' meaning spotted or dappled, refers to its strong blotched dorsal coloration..
More on authors: McEachran & Last.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 820 - 1200 m (Ref. 75642). Temperate; 33°S - 35°S, 129°E - 133°E (Ref. 114953)

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Eastern Indian Ocean: Great Australian Bight, South Australia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 62.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75642)

A demersal species found on continental slope (Ref. 114953). Length of this species reaches at least 62.7 cm TL; adult males 52.5-54.3 cm TL, a juvenile male paratype at 50.8 cm TL, the smallest specimen was 27.1 cm TL (Ref. 75642). Rarely caught and few individuals exist in museum collections (Ref. 114953).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McEachran, John | Collaborators

McEachran, J.D. and P.R. Last, 2008. New deepwater skates of the genus Notoraja (Rajoidei: Aehynchobatidae) from southern Australia and the eastern Indian Ocean. In Last, P.R., W.T. White, J.J. Pogonoski and D.C. Gledhill (eds): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei) Pg. 155-172. CSIRO marine and atmospheric research paper no. 021. (Ref. 75642)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 February 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.1 - 5.5, mean 5 (based on 26 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00550 (0.00273 - 0.01106), b=3.10 (2.93 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100).

Notoraja sticta McEachran & Last, 2008