Trygonorrhina dumerilii, Southern fiddler ray

Trygonorrhina dumerilii (Castelnau, 1873)

Southern fiddler ray
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rhinopristiformes (Shovelnose rays) > Trygonorrhinidae (Banjo rays, Fiddler rays)
Etymology: Trygonorrhina: Greek, trygon = a sting ray + Greek, rhinos = nose (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Auguste Henri André Duméril (1812–1870), was a physician and zoologist like his father (see next entry) and followed much in his father’s footsteps. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 205 m (Ref. 114953). Subtropical; 31°S - 41°S, 114°E - 148°E (Ref. 114953)

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Eastern Indian Ocean: endemic to southern Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 94.6  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 146 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 114953)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

This large shovelnose ray is distinguished by the following characters: suboval disc, short and broadly rounded snout with nostrils partly covered with a large nasal curtain; ridges of small thorns present on mid-line of disc and shoulders; behind interorbital space is an ornate pattern of dark-edged bands without the distinct triangular or diamond-shaped marking (Ref. 114953).
Body shape (shape guide): other; Cross section: flattened.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A benthic species that occurs on continental shelf, mainly found on soft bottoms and seagrasses. Feeds on bottom crustaceans, worms, molluscs and small fishes. Produces litters of 2-5 pups. Maturity size of males at ca. 70 cm TL, females at 89 cm TL; birth size at 21-25 cm TL (Ref. 114953).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 2009. Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 656 p. (Ref. 109431)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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