Okamejei arafurensis, Arafura skate

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Okamejei arafurensis Last & Gledhill, 2008

Arafura skate
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: arafurensis: Named for its distributional area, Arafura Sea..
More on authors: Last & Gledhill.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 179 - 298 m (Ref. 75645). Tropical; 8°S - 15°S, 120°E - 133°E (Ref. 114953)

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Eastern Indian Ocean: off northwestern Australia (Ref. 114953).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75645); 49.5 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on outer continental shelf and upper slope (Ref. 114953). Length of one adolescent male 29.9 cm TL; males mature at 37.6-40.7 cm TL; smallest juvenile at 23.5 cm TL (Ref. 75645).

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

Last, P.R. and D.C. Gledhill, 2008. Two new skates of the genus Okamejei (Rajoidei: Rajiidae) from south-east 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. 119-134. CSIRO marine and atmospheric research paper no. 021. (Ref. 75645)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 April 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 11.7 - 16.5, mean 14.2 °C (based on 12 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00141 - 0.00645), b=3.24 (3.07 - 3.41), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary low fecundity).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).