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Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: healdi: Named for David Heald, Department of Fisheries Western Australia.
Eponymy: Guy Geoffrey Leyland (d: 1950) is Principal Executive Officer, Western Australia Fishing Industry Council. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Last, White & Pogonoski.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 304 - 520 m (Ref. 75649). Deep-water; 15°S - 19°S, 115°E - 122°E (Ref. 114953)
Eastern Indian Ocean: off north-western Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 58.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75649); 72.3 cm TL (female)
Inhabits upper continental slope (Ref. 114953). Length of adolescent males between 38.0-50.6 cm TL, smallest juvenile 13.8 cm TL (Ref. 75649).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Last, P.R., W.T. White and J.J. Pogonoski, 2008. New skates of the genus Dipturus (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from Australian Seas. pp. 9-52. In Last, P.R., W.T. White, J.J. Pogonoski and D.C. Gledhill (eds.): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei) pg. 9-51. CSIRO marine and atmospheric reseach paper no. 021. (Ref. 75649)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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