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Common names: Sandy skate, Yellow skate
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Great Australian Bight, Western Australia, CSIRO H 175-01 (holotype of Pavoraja arenaria, 27.2 cm TL, juvenile male). Distributed from the Great Australian Bight off southern Australia, between south of Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia (34°59' S, 114°53' E), and off Portland, Victoria (38°42' S, 141°20' E), 192-712 m, with types mainly caught from 300-400 m).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R., S. Mallick and G.K. Yearsley, 2008
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Common names from other countries

Liivakarva paaburai, Yellow skate, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates)
Etymology: Pavoraja: Latin, pavo = peacock + Latin, raja, -ae = a sting ray (Raja sp.) (Ref. 45335); arenaria: Name from Latin 'arenarius' for sandy, refers to its pale dorsal disc coloration..
More on authors: Last, Mallick & Yearsley.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 192 - 712 m (Ref. 76878), usually 300 - 400 m (Ref. 76878). Tropical; 33°S - 41°S, 112°E - 141°E (Ref. 114953)

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Eastern Indian Ocean: southwestern Australia (Ref. 114953).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 29 - ? cm
Max length : 34.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 76878)

A demersal species found on outher continental shelf and upper slope. Males reaches maturity at ca. 29-33 cm TL. Life history unknown (Ref. 114953).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McEachran, John | Collaborators

Last, P.R., S. Mallick and G.K. Yearsley, 2008. A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae). Zootaxa 1812:1-45. (Ref. 76878)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 20 February 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10.1 - 14.2, mean 11.3 (based on 15 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00550 (0.00273 - 0.01106), b=3.10 (2.93 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary low fecundity).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).

Pavoraja arenaria Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008