Pavoraja mosaica, Mosaic skate

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Pavoraja mosaica Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008

Mosaic skate
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates)
Etymology: Pavoraja: Latin, pavo = peacock + Latin, raja, -ae = a sting ray (Raja sp.) (Ref. 45335);  mosaica: Name from Latin 'musaicus' meaning an inlay of various colours and geometric patterns, refers to its striking dorsal coloration..
More on authors: Last, Mallick & Yearsley.

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 300 - 405 m (Ref. 76878). Tropical; 15°S - 22°S, 145°E - 153°E (Ref. 114953)

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Western Pacific: off Queensland, Australia (Ref. 114953).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 76878)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A demersal species found on continental slope. Lengths of smallest mature male 27 cm TL, smallest postnatal juvenile 8 cm TL. Life history unknown (Ref. 114953).

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Last, P.R., S. Mallick and G.K. Yearsley, 2008. A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae). Zootaxa 1812:1-45. (Ref. 76878)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 February 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 8.3 - 17.4, mean 14.1 °C (based on 15 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [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):  3.6   ±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):  Low vulnerability (18 of 100).