Leucoraja melitensis, Maltese ray : fisheries

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Leucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926)

Maltese ray
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchi (squali e razze) (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: Leucoraja: Greek, leykos = white + Latin, raja = a fish, Raja sp. (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 60 - 800 m (Ref. 106604). Deep-water; 42°N - 36°N, 2°W - 16°E

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Mediterranean Sea: endemic to the coasts of Tunisia, Malta and a single record from Italy; rare off Algeria.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 52.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 125195); 45.0 cm TL (female)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Feed on crustaceans mainly amphipods (Ref. 3167). Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205). Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats (Ref. 205). About 10-56 eggs are laid per individual annually (Ref. 41305, 41314).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449). Breeds throughout the year, but ripe females observed mainly in spring and autumn (Ref. 3167). Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : McEachran, John | Collaboratori

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)

  Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bcd+3bcd); Date assessed: 25 November 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 13.1 - 14.6, mean 14 °C (based on 23 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00229 (0.00142 - 0.00370), b=3.21 (3.07 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.3   ±0.53 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Fec=10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 6.32 [0.98, 122.77] mg/100g; Iron = 0.346 [0.033, 4.702] mg/100g; Protein = 15.1 [13.0, 17.2] %; Omega3 = 0.455 [0.180, 1.150] g/100g; Selenium = 14.5 [2.5, 68.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 5.07 [0.37, 64.27] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.329 [0.023, 3.815] mg/100g (wet weight);