| Rajidae (Skates) |
| 82 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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bathydemersal; brackish; marine; depth range - 439 m |
| Western Indian Ocean: known only from off the Limpopo River mouth, Mozambique. |
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A pale-spotted longnose skate with an elongated, acutely triangular snout, and a very slender tail- as long as body and tapering from base to tip; disc with angular corners and smooth underside except of small denticles on edges and tip of snout; thorns on upper surface of disc and tail conspicuously lighter than surrounding skin; spine at nape (Ref. 5578). Dark grey with numerous small light spots dorsally; grey with black pores ventrally, and with light areas around gills and at front of edge of disc (Ref. 5578). |
| Probably taken by offshore trawlers (Ref. 5578). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 24 April 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Known only from 3 specimens collected off the Limpopo River mouth, in about 435 m (Ref. 2708). Possibly taken by offshore trawlers. Also Ref. 5213. |
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