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Urolophidae (Round rays)
Etymology: Urolophus: Greek, oura = tail + Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: The FRV ‘Kapala’ (formerly of the NSW Fisheries Research Institute, Australia), from which the type specimens were collected, was honoured for the “…extremely valuable fish collections made by the vessel over almost three decades”. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Yearsley & Last.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 9 - 79 m (Ref. 75595). Subtropical; 27°S - 37°S, 150°E - 153°E (Ref. 75595)
Southwest Pacific: New South Wales, Australia.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - 30.9 cm
Max length : 43.3 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 75595); 52.1 cm TL (female)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
This medium-sized species which lacks broad lobes on posterolateral border of nostrils, has the following set of characters: disc subcircular to weakly rhomboidal, width less than 62% TL; internasal flap bell-shaped; tail with well-developed lateral cutaneous folds; stinging spine long, 12-15% TL; dorsal fin low but prominent, free-rear tip over spine origin; total vertebrae 156-170; pre-spine vertebrae 86-95; dorsal surface of disc greenish, paler laterally; usually with dark suborbital blotch and V-shaped interorbital bar (Ref. 75595).
Body shape (shape guide): other.
Serrated spines on the tail are venomous and can cause excruciating pain (https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3544).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Yearsley, G.K. and P.R. Last, 2006. Urolophus kapalensis sp. nov., a new stingree (Myliobatiformes: Urolophidae) off eastern Australia. Zootaxa 1176:41-52. (Ref. 75595)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Venomous
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00813 (0.00364 - 0.01815), b=3.08 (2.88 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutrienti (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 12.5 [1.6, 246.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.585 [0.054, 6.844] mg/100g; Protein = 19.6 [14.3, 24.9] %; Omega3 = 0.211 [0.063, 0.611] g/100g; Selenium = 19.5 [3.4, 100.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.3 [1.0, 168.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.715 [0.046, 8.591] mg/100g (wet weight); |