Zearaja maugeana, Maugean skate

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Zearaja maugeana Last & Gledhill, 2007

Maugean skate
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: maugeana: The epithet maugeana was derived to draw a link with the Australian cool temperate biogeographic region, the Maugean Province, in which this skate is a keystone species. Its common name, the Maugean Skate, follows this theme..
More on authors: Last & Gledhill.

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

Brackish; benthopelagic. Temperate

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Southwest Pacific: Tasmania. Endemic to Bathurst and Macquarie Harbours, in southwestern Tasmania. Occurs primarily in the upper, oligo-mesohaline regions of these estuaries (Ref. 58362).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 58362); 84.0 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

The total available habitat is less than 300 km2 and initial surveys suggest that the population is likely to be less than 1000 individuals (Treloar pers. comm.).

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Last, P.R. and D.C . Gledhill, 2007. The Maugean skate, Zearaja maugeana sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae) a micro-endemic, Gondwanan relict from Tasmanian estuaries. Zootaxa 1494:45-65. (Ref. 58362)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Endangered (EN) (B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv)); 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

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00282 (0.00133 - 0.00596), b=3.25 (3.08 - 3.42), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).