Neotrygon picta, Peppered maskray

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Neotrygon picta Last & White, 2008

Peppered maskray
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Dasyatidae (Stingrays) > Neotrygoninae
Etymology: picta: Name from Latin 'pictus' for painted or coloured, refers to the colour pattern of peppery spots on a well-defined or weak reticulate background..
More on authors: Last & White.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 5 - 96 m (Ref. 76964). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: Australia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 76964); 27.5 cm WD (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Size of new-born specimens 90-105 mm DW (Ref. 76964).

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Last, P.R. and W.T. White, 2008. Resurrection of the genus Neotrygon Castelnau (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) with the description of Neotrygon picta sp. nov., a new species from the Northern Australia. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22. (Ref. 76964)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 August 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): 24.7 - 28.8, mean 27.7 °C (based on 576 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00342 - 0.03513), b=3.11 (2.86 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).