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Rajiformes (Skates and rays) >
Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates)
Etymology: Bathyraja: Greek, bathys = deep + Latin, raja, -ae = a ray (Raja sp) (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr María Cristina Oddone Franco, a post-doctoral researcher at the Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil, was nicknamed ‘Tuna’. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 1700 - 2240 m (Ref. 75588). Deep-water
Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique Channel.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL (female)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
This species is characterized by the following: moderately extended snout and mouth; wide interorbital space; broad space between the first gill slits; tail length shorter than body length; almost completely prickly upper but smooth lower surfaces, no thorns on disc, but only a median row of 19 thorns along tail to D1; nearly confluent dorsal fins without thorn between them; > 30 upper tooth rows; 40-44 trunk vertebrae; dorsal edge of scapulocoracoid strongly sloping to metacondyle; high number of postventral foramina, markedly short and broadly drop-shaped anterior cranial fontanelle (Ref. 75588).
Body shape (shape guide): other.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Stehmann, M.F.W., 2005. Bathyraja tunae n. sp., a new deep-water skate from the western Indian Ocean (Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes, Rajidae). J. Ichthyol. 45(suppl.1):23-38. (Ref. 75588)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00296 - 0.01067), b=3.13 (2.97 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.0 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
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