Neoraja stehmanni

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Skates ; Found on the upper slope [1]. Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell [2]. Probably taken by hake trawlers [1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: A deepwater skate that may have specialised habitat requirements based on its apparent restricted distribution. It has been recorded in depths of 292 to 1,025 m , but more commonly >600 m. It has been caught in considerable numbers (usually adults ) in limited areas below 600 m. Nothing is known of its biology .[3].

List of Habitats:

•     10     Marine Oceanic   
  
•     10.1     Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Breviraja stehmanni Hulley • Breviraja stehmanni Hulley, 1972 • Neoraja (Neoraja) stehmanni (Hulley 1972) • Neoraja stehmanni

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 28-Sep-1999

Similar Species

Members of the genus Neoraja

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. africana (West African Pygmy Skate) · N. caerulea (Blue Rainbowfish) · N. carolinensis (Carolina's Novelskate) · N. iberica (Iberian Pygmy Skate) · N. stehmanni (South African Pygmy Skate)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Compagno, L.J.V., Ebert, D.A. and Cowley, P.D. 1991. Distribution of offshore demersal cartilaginous fishes (Class Chondrichthyes) of the west coast of southern Africa, with notes on their systematics. South African Journal of Marine Science 11:43-139.
• Compagno, L.J.V., Ebert, D.A. and Smale, M.J. 1989. Guide to the sharks and rays of Southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town. 160 pp.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Hulley, P.A. 1988. Family No. 25 Rajidae. In: Smiths’ Sea Fishes 1st edition. Southern Book Publishers, Johannesburg.
• IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group. Specialist Group website. Available at: http://www.iucnssg.org/.
• IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
• McEachran, John D., and Katherine A. Dunn 1998. Phylogenetic Analysis of Skates, a Morphologically Conservative Clade of Elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia, vol. 1998, no. 2. 271-290.
• Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• McEachran, John (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Smale, M.J. (SSG Subequatorial Africa Regional Workshop, September 2003) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Smale, M.J. 2004. Neoraja stehmanni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Shark Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1986-1990)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1991-1995)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1996-2000)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 133097
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-58285
• Fishbase Species ID: 25558
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13850402
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 564229
• IUCN ID: 226379
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 118022

Footnotes

1. Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert and M.J. Smale (1989). Guide to the sharks and rays of southern Africa. New Holland (Publ.) Ltd., London. 158 p. [back]
2. Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966). Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. [back]
3. Smale, M.J. 2004. Neoraja stehmanni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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