Eastern Leg Skate, Sinobatis filicauda Last & Séret 2008
Other Names: East Australian Legskate
A male Eastern Leg Skate, Sinobatis filicauda. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A uniformly pale pinkish-brown legskate with a pale translucent underside.
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Dianne J. Bray, Sinobatis filicauda in Fishes of Australia, accessed 09 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1762
Eastern Leg Skate, Sinobatis filicauda Last & Séret 2008
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Distribution |
Endemic to northeastern Australia from the Queensland Plateau (16°54'S, 151°30'E) to the Saumarez Plateau (22°58'S, 154°26'E). |
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Features |
Disc large, width at anterior orbit 5.7-8.1 times mouth width; tail short, postcloacal length 97-140% of disc length; eye relatively large, orbit diameter 7.1-9.6 in horizontal snout length and 9.4-11.3 in head length; distal portion of tail not expanded, width of tail near tip 0.7-1.1 times tail width at its midlength; pectoral-fin radials 71-75; pelvic fins moderate-sized, anterior lobe 14.8-16.2% TL; anterior pelvic-fin lobe rather broad-based, width 1.6-2.5 in distance between pelvic-fin origins; caudal fin rudimentary; tooth rows in each jaw of adults 18-22; teeth of adult males with very short cusps; monospondylous vertebral centra 27-30, total centra 155-182. |
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Size |
55 cm total length (TL) and 37 cm disc width (DW) - male |
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Biology |
The species is known from very few specimens and little is known of its biology, ecology and population size. |
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Etymology |
The specific name filicauda is from the Latin ‘filum’ (thread) and ‘cauda’ (tail or appendage) in reference to the thread-like tail tip. |
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Species Citation |
Sinobatis filicauda Last & Séret 2008, Zootaxa 1671: 49, figs 9-13. Type locality: Saumarez Plateau, QLD [22°56'S, 154°24'E], ♂. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
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Resources |
Eastern Leg Skate, Sinobatis filicauda Last & Séret 2008
References
Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Families Rajidae, Arhynchobatidae, Anacanthobatidae. pp. 1452-1466 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. (p. 1466 as Anacanthobatis sp. B)
Last, P.R. & Séret, B. 2008. Three new legskates of the genus Sinobatis (Rajoidei: Anacanthobatidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 1671: 33-58.
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. (p. 359 as Anacanthobatis sp. B)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp.
Rigby, C. & Harry, A. 2011. Sinobatis filicauda. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T195479A8972281. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T195479A8972281.en . Downloaded on 19 October 2015.
