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Urolophidae (Round rays)
Etymology: Trygonoptera: Greek, trygon = a sting ray + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335); galba: Name from Latin 'galbus' meaning yellow; refers to its distinctive dorsal coloration.
More on authors: Last & Yearsley.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 100 - 210 m (Ref. 76957). Subtropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 33 - ? cm
Max length : 32.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 76957); 39.4 cm TL (female)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Last, P.R. and G.K. Yearsley, 2008. Trygonoptera galba sp. nov., a new stingaree (Myliobatoidei: Urolophidae) from Southwestern Australia. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22. (Ref. 76957)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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