Aptychotrema timorensis Last, 2004
Spotted shovelnose ray
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rhinopristiformes (Shovelnose rays) > Trygonorrhinidae (Banjo rays, Fiddler rays)
Etymology: Aptychotrema: Greek, a = without + Greek, ptyx, ptychos = fold + Greek, trema = hole (Ref. 45335); timorensis: Named for its type locality, Timor Sea.
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Etymology: Aptychotrema: Greek, a = without + Greek, ptyx, ptychos = fold + Greek, trema = hole (Ref. 45335); timorensis: Named for its type locality, Timor Sea.
More on author: Last.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 124 m (Ref. 58070). Tropical; 9°S - 10°S, 130°E - 132°E (Ref. 114953)
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Western Pacific: Arafura Sea, northern Australia.
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This species is distinguished by the following combination of characters: disc relatively large, broadly wedge-shaped, with a narrowly pointed snout; orbit diameter equal to interorbital width; tail short, about 1.1 times precIoacal length; mouth small, precloacal length about 8 times mouth width; first dorsal-fin short, length 6% TL, ca 2.3 times in interdorsal distance; dorsal-fin apices angular; caudal fin short, dorsal margin 12% TL; pelvic fin large, length about 2.8 times its width; post-synarcual vertebral centra 156; nasal lamellae 27; ventral tip of snout not black-tipped; dorsal surface covered with small, white spots (Ref. 58070).
Body shape (shape guide): other.
Body shape (shape guide): other.
A benthic species found inshore on mid-continental shelf. Biology little known. Maturity size of only two males known at 48-50 cm TL (Ref. 114953).
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Last, P.R., 2004. Rhinobatos sainsburyi n. sp. and Aptychotrema timorensis n. sp. -- two new shovelnose rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Rec. Aust. Mus. 56(2):201-208. (Ref. 58070)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(v)); Date assessed: 20 February 2015
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Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6289 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00724 (0.00272 - 0.01929), b=3.00 (2.77 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±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 (Preliminary low fecundity). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100). 🛈 |