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Amblyraja frerichsi (Krefft, 1968)

Description

Common Names

  • Dikke rog , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Ray , English , Uruguay
  • Thickbody skate , English , South Africa
  • Jäme sünkrai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Raya , Spanish , Uruguay

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Rajiformes

    Family: Rajidae

    Genus: Amblyraja

    Species: Amblyraja frerichsi (Krefft, 1968)

    Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Southwest Atlantic: off the mouth of Río de la Plata, Argentina (Ref. 26282, Ref. 114953) and Uruguay (Ref. 58839, Ref. 114953). Possibly Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 27540, Ref. 114953).

    • Biology

    Found on continental slope and upper abyssal plain. Feeds on small benthic invertebrates, adults possibly piscivorous (Ref. 114953). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Males reaches maturity by ca. 76 cm TL; young hatch at ca. 22 cm TL (Ref. 114953). Produces horny-shelled eggs (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal