Leucoraja lentiginosa, Freckled skate

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Leucoraja lentiginosa (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951)

Freckled skate
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (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 / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 53 - 588 m (Ref. 106604). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: northern Gulf of Mexico to Nicaragua. Regarded as junior synonym of Raja garmani, but findings unpublished (Ref. 3824).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 37.5, range 35 - 40 cm
Max length : 44.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 106604)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Upper surface disk is densely freckled with small dark brown or pale brown and whitish spots, not arranged in rosettes (Ref. 7251). Spots on tail grouped in form about five or six prominent bars. Light and dark spots on dorsal and caudal fin. Lower surface whitish (Ref. 6902).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McEachran, John | Collaborators

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)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 June 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.9 - 23.5, mean 19.7 °C (based on 83 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00339 (0.00167 - 0.00688), b=3.25 (3.09 - 3.41), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 28.4 [3.7, 536.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.809 [0.075, 9.456] mg/100g; Protein = 15.7 [13.7, 17.7] %; Omega3 = 0.352 [0.141, 0.919] g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [10.7, 304.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.1 [0.9, 129.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.77 [0.04, 8.92] mg/100g (wet weight);