Description

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an all-dark longnose skate with an elongated, acutely triangular snout, and a stout tail - shorter than body and with mid-section swollen sausage-shaped; disc with narrowly rounded outer corners and smooth underside except for small denticles on snout; no thorns on nape or along back (Ref. 5578). Dark brown with irregular dark blotches dorsally; rear end of disc and pelvic fins blackish; underside dark brown with black pores and scattered lighter blotches on disc, at base of pelvic fins, around vent, and on tail (Ref. 5578).

Common Names

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Rog , Afrikaans , Namibia

Spiesrog , Dutch , Netherlands

Javalin skate , English , South Africa

Javelin skate , English , Global

Skate , English , Namibia

Violet skate , English , Global

Violetne tiibrai , Estonian , Estonia

Raie violette , French , France

道氏鰩 , Mandarin Chinese , China

道氏鳐 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Raya violeta , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Rajiformes

Family: Rajidae

Genus: Dipturus

Species: Dipturus doutrei (Cadenat, 1960)

Climate Zone

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bathydemersal

Location

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Eastern Central Atlantic to Southwest Indian Ocean: off Mauritania to South Africa (east to Cape Province) (Ref. 114953).

Biology

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Occurs in deeper slope waters (Ref. 4426). Feeds on benthic fishes, shrimps and crabs (Ref. 27637, Ref. 114953). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205). Males reaches maturity at ca. 101 cm TL (Ref. 114953).

Habitat

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bathydemersal