Roughnose legskate

📖 Overview

Found on the uppermost slope . Feed on small crustaceans, dragonets, squid, polychaete worms and flatworms . Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother . Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats . Egg capsules are 4.5 cm long and 2.4 cm wide . Caught by hake bottom trawlers .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

A rough legskate with a pointed snout covered by large conspicuous white thorns that are also found around the eyes, on the shoulders, and in several rows from the nape to the 1st dorsal fin . Legskates have pelvic fins separated into a mobile leg-like front lobe, and a rear lobe that may be fused to the tail base . Sandy brown above usually with scattered dark brown and whitish spots (very conspicuous in young and becoming obscure in adults; white below . Tail with conspicuous dark brown bandings in juveniles .: other.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Roughnose legskate is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk . Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother .

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 150 - 620 m . Deep-water; 28°S - 40°S South Africa to Mozambique.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Scientific Synonyms

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 8 records indexed .

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