Description

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A black-spotted longnose skate with an elongated, acutely triangular snout, and a stout tail- just shorter than body and slightly swollen along the mid-section; disc with rounded corners and smooth underside except for small denticles on edges and tip of snout; small thorns on nape and midback to 1st dorsal fin (Ref. 5578). Medium grey to brownish with numerous small dark spots dorsally; grey with conspicuous black pores ventrally (Ref. 5578).

Common Names

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Zwartvlekrog , Dutch , Netherlands

Blackspot skate , English , Global

Mustatäpiline tiibrai , Estonian , Estonia

坎貝爾氏鰩 , Mandarin Chinese , China

坎贝尔氏鳐 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Raia mancha preta , Portuguese , Mozambique

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Rajiformes

Family: Rajidae

Genus: Dipturus

Species: Dipturus campbelli (Wallace, 1967)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Western Indian Ocean: off central Mozambique to Durban, South Africa.

Biology

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Found on the bottom of the outer shelf and upper slope (Ref. 5578). Probably caught by trawlers (Ref. 5578).Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205). Males reaches maturity at ca. 57 cm TL, females at ca. 64 cm TL (Ref. 114953)

Habitat

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demersal