Raja pita, Pita skate

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Raja pita Fricke & Al-Hassan, 1995

Pita skate
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Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: Raja: Latin, raja, -ae = a sting ray (Raja sp.) (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Fricke & Al-Hassan.

Issue
The species does not belong to the genus Okamejei, evidenced e.g. by its overall appearance. Due to the lack of an adult male specimen, it is currently placed as incertae sedis in the general genus Raja (Ref. 101518).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 15 m (Ref. 58018). Subtropical

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Western Indian Ocean.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 13710)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found in shallow water over soft substrate (Ref. 13710). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : McEachran, John | Colaboradores

McEachran, J.D. and K.A. Dunn, 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2):271-290. (Ref. 27314)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 09 February 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: sin interés
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 24.8 - 29.3, mean 27.1 °C (based on 151 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00263 (0.00118 - 0.00585), b=3.26 (3.09 - 3.43), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.6   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Fec assumed to be <100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 43.4 [6.6, 211.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.932 [0.247, 2.688] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [15.4, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.592 [0.171, 2.143] g/100g; Selenium = 12 [3, 41] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13 [4, 38] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.712 [0.330, 1.286] mg/100g (wet weight);