Temera hardwickii, Finless sleeper ray : fisheries, aquarium

Temera hardwickii Gray, 1831

Finless sleeper ray
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Torpediniformes (Electric rays) > Narkidae (Sleeper rays)
Eponymy: Major-General Thomas Hardwicke (1756–1835) served in the Bengal army of the Honourable East India Company. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gray.

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

Marine; demersal. Tropical; 13°N - 2°N, 92°E - 111°E (Ref. 114953)

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Eastern Indian Ocean and North-West Pacific; Thailand to Vietnam, including Malaysia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 11.5, range 11 - 12 cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9913)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in continental waters, both inshore and offshore (Ref. 9913); primarily inshore on soft substrates (Ref. 114953). Probably feeds on small benthic invertebrates. Females reported to produce 4 pups a litter (Ref. 114953). Biology little known (Ref. 9913). Maturity size of males reaches at 8-10 cm TL (Ref. 114953).

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Compagno, L.J.V. and P.R. Last, 1999. Narkidae. Sleeper rays. p. 1443-1446. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9913)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2d); Date assessed: 31 October 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 1.0002 [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) 		3.3   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming fecundity<100).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈
Price category
(Ref. 80766) 		Unknown.