| Family: | Plesiobatidae (Deepwater stingray) |
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| Order: | Rajiformes (skates and rays) | |||
| Class: | Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) | |||
| In this site name: | Deepwater stingray | |||
| Max. size: | 270 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 3263) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 44 – 680 m | |||
| Climate: | deep-water; 33°N - 33°S | |||
| Importance: | fisheries: minor commercial | |||
| Resilience: | Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming fecundity<100) | |||
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Distribution:
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Indo-Pacific: South Africa, Mozambique, southern India, east to the Philippines (Ref. 5281), north to Japan and south to Australia. Also reported from the Hawaiian Islands. | |||
| Morphology: | Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 0. A giant plain stingray with a broadly pointed snout, small eyes and a round disc; tail short with a long caudal fin and a narrow sting; upper surface covered with denticles (Ref. 5578). Grey-black to brownish or purplish-brown above, white below; rear edges of pelvic fins and tail grey; disc edges black, and sting light (Ref. 5578). | |||
| Biology: | Found on the outer shelf and upper slope (Ref. 5578), on soft bottoms (Ref. 9914). Feeds on small pelagic fish, eels, crabs, shrimp, lobsters, cephalopods and polychaete worms (Ref. 5578). The specimen taken from a depth of 44 m was caught off Mozambique (Ref. 9914). | |||
| Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC) (Ref. 57073) | |||
| Dangerous: | venomous | |||
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