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Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: maugeana: The epithet maugeana was derived to draw a link with the Australian cool temperate biogeographic region, the Maugean Province, in which this skate is a keystone species. Its common name, the Maugean Skate, follows this theme..
More on authors: Last & Gledhill.

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

; estuarina bentopelágico. Temperate

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Southwest Pacific: Tasmania. Endemic to Bathurst and Macquarie Harbours, in southwestern Tasmania. Occurs primarily in the upper, oligo-mesohaline regions of these estuaries (Ref. 58362).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.6 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 58362); 84.0 cm TL (female)

The total available habitat is less than 300 km2 and initial surveys suggest that the population is likely to be less than 1000 individuals (Treloar pers. comm.).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

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Last, P.R. and D.C . Gledhill, 2007. The Maugean skate, Zearaja maugeana sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae) a micro-endemic, Gondwanan relict from Tasmanian estuaries. Zootaxa 1494:45-65. (Ref. 58362)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Zearaja maugeana Last & Gledhill, 2007