Sinobatis bulbicauda, Western Australian Legskate

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Sinobatis bulbicauda Last & Séret, 2008

Western Australian Legskate
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Anacanthobatidae (Smooth skates)
Etymology: bulbicauda: Name from Latin ‘bulbus’ for swelling and ‘cauda’ for tail or appendage, with reference to the flattened expansion of the tail near its tip..
More on authors: Last & Séret.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 150 - 1125 m (Ref. 75174). Tropical; 5°S - 27°S, 111°E - 134°E (Ref. 75174)

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Indo-West Pacific: Australia (Shark Bay) and eastern Indonesia (Refs. 75174, 114953).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - 43 cm
Max length : 43.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75174); 56.0 cm TL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

This species is distinguished by the following combination of characters: moderate-sized disc, its width at anterior orbit 5.2-7.8 times mouth width; moderately elongate to short tail, its postcloacal length 79-170% of disc length; relatively large eyes with orbit diameter 4.7-8.8 in horizontal snout and 6.7-10.6 in head lengths, respectively; distal portion of tail expanded laterally in specimens exceeding about 28 cm TL (130 mm DW), width of tail near tip 1.3-2.2 times tail width at its midlength; pectoral-fin radials 66-71; moderate-sized pelvic fins, anterior lobe 12.1-18.1% TL; anterior pelvic-fin lobe rather broad-based, width 1.7-3.2 in distance between pelvic-fin origins; caudal fin rudimentary; tooth rows 20-28, in each jaw of adults; with teeth of adult males with greatly elongated conical cusps; 25-31 abdominal vertebral centra; 148-171 total centra; dorsal surface pale pinkish brown, ventral surface uniformly pale (Ref. 75174).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on outer continental shelf and upper slope. Presumably feeds on small fishes and invertebrates. Males reaches maturity at ca. 43 cm TL; smallest neonatal juvenile 13 cm TL (Ref. 114953)

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Last, P.R. and B. Séret, 2008. Three new legskates of the genus Sinobatis (Rajoidei: Anacanthobatidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 1671:33-58. (Ref. 75174)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 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): 7.8 - 14.6, mean 11.1 °C (based on 40 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).