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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: Orbiraja: Name from Latin word 'orbis' meaning circle, referring to the paired, ring-like pectoral-fin ocelli in all three nominal species.
Eponymy: Lieutenant Frederick Thomas Powell (1806–1859) of the Indian Navy was one of Robert Moresby’s officers on ‘HMS Palinurus’ (1829–1833) and on ‘HMS Benares’ surveying the Chagos Archipelago (1837–1838). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Alcock.
Etymology: Orbiraja: Name from Latin word 'orbis' meaning circle, referring to the paired, ring-like pectoral-fin ocelli in all three nominal species.
Eponymy: Lieutenant Frederick Thomas Powell (1806–1859) of the Indian Navy was one of Robert Moresby’s officers on ‘HMS Palinurus’ (1829–1833) and on ‘HMS Benares’ surveying the Chagos Archipelago (1837–1838). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Alcock.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 460 m (Ref. 114953). Tropical; 23°N - 5°N, 71°E - 99°E (Ref. 114953)
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Northern Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (India) to Bay of Bengal (Myanmar).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - 35 cm
Max length : 21.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 26165); 22.0 cm WD (female)
Max length : 21.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 26165); 22.0 cm WD (female)
Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205); approximately 6 cm long (Ref. 114953). Utilized for its meat (Ref.58048).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).
Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McEachran, John | Collaborators
McEachran, J.D. and K.A. Dunn, 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2):271-290. (Ref. 27314)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Near Threatened (NT) (A2d); Date assessed: 05 May 2020
CITES
Not Evaluated
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00309 (0.00144 - 0.00663), b=3.24 (3.07 - 3.41), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100). 🛈 |