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Dipturus lanceorostratus (Wallace, 1967) Rattail skate |
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photo by
FAO |
| Family: | Rajidae (Skates) | |||
| Max. size: | 82 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; brackish; marine; depth range - 439 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Indian Ocean: known only from off the Limpopo River mouth, Mozambique. | |||
| Diagnosis: | A pale-spotted longnose skate with an elongated, acutely triangular snout, and a very slender tail- as long as body and tapering from base to tip; disc with angular corners and smooth underside except of small denticles on edges and tip of snout; thorns on upper surface of disc and tail conspicuously lighter than surrounding skin; spine at nape (Ref. 5578). Dark grey with numerous small light spots dorsally; grey with black pores ventrally, and with light areas around gills and at front of edge of disc (Ref. 5578). | |||
| Biology: | Probably taken by offshore trawlers (Ref. 5578). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 24 April 2018 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||