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Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: Orbiraja: Name from Latin word 'orbis' meaning circle, referring to the paired, ring-like pectoral-fin ocelli in all three nominal species; jensenae: Named for the cestode parasitologist, Dr Kirsten Jensen.
Eponymy: Dr Kirsten Jensen is a cestode parasitologist who is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas and Senior Curator, Biodiversity Institute. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Last & Lim.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 110 - 118 m (Ref. 84287). Tropical
Western Pacific: Philippines.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 53.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84287)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This small to medium-sized rostrorajin skate (to about 53 cm TL) is distinguished by the following combination of characters: disc possess narrowly to broadly rounded apices, its width 59-71% TL, 1.1-1.2 times its length; snout angle is 88-98°; tail relatively short in females (length 0.8-0.9 in distance from snout tip to rear of cloaca) and longer in adult male (length 1.1 times distance from snout tip to rear of cloaca); tail width 1.5-1.8 times height at its midlength, 1.4-1.7 times at first dorsal-fin origin; pre-upper jaw length is 17-18% TL, 2.0-2.2 times internasal width; ventral head length is 29-32% TL; snout length is 3.3-3.4 times interorbital width; orbit diameter 67-85% interorbital width; first dorsal-fin height 2.0-2.7 in its base length; long procaudal length, its distance from first dorsal-fin origin to tail tip 3.1-4.0 times first dorsal-fin base length, 3.2-6.3 times caudal-fin length; the pelvic fins of medium size, length of posterior lobe 16-18% TL, length of anterior lobe 71-83% of posterior lobe; adult male without malar thorn patches; alar thorn patches are small, broadly oval; adult clasper with greatly extended components spike and sentinel; accessory terminal 2 cartilage with strongly articulated medial distal extension, partly overlaying axial cartilage on median margin; anterior margins of both surfaces of disc of females with narrow denticle bands; the single median series of thorns extending along entire midline of disc; tail thorns are well developed, numerous, in 3 closely spaced median rows and irregular lateral row on each side (absent from dorsolateral region of tail); thorns in central median row fewer and smaller than in rows adjacent; 80-82 total pectoral radials; 26-31 trunk centra; 79-85 predorsal centra; 133-138 total centra; 61-76 tooth rows in upper jaw. Colouration: brownish and white spotted, with large dark pectoral spots bordered with smaller white spots when fresh; rostral cartilage is demarcated from rest of snout; ventral surface whitish with outer margins of pectoral fins yellowish; ventral sensory pores are minute, indistinct, not black-edged or surrounded by greyish blotches; dorsal fins are dark anteriorly, paler posteriorly; the caudal fin pale or brownish (Ref. 112881).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Last, P.R. and A.P.K. Lim, 2010. A new species of skate Okamejei jensenae sp. nov. (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from the seas off Borneo, with a redescription of the Kwangtung skate, Dipturus kwangtungensis. pp. 101-114. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of new sharks and rays from Borneo. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 32. (Ref. 84287)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 20.1 - 21.8, mean 20.4 °C (based on 3 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00141 - 0.00645), b=3.24 (3.07 - 3.41), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
