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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.
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
marina bentopelagisk; djupintervall 9 - 79 m (Ref. 75595). Subtropical; 27°S - 37°S, 150°E - 153°E (Ref. 75595)
Southwest Pacific: New South Wales, Australia.
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - 30.9 cm
Max length : 43.3 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 75595); 52.1 cm TL (female)
Kort beskrivning
Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri
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).
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
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)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref. 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). |
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100). 🛈 |
Näringsämnen (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); |