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🌊 Marine Endangered 🌡️ Tropical

Roughnose stingray

Pastinachus solocirostris Last, Manjaji & Yearsley, 2005
Max Length
-
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.7
Depth
-
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
-
Vulnerability
87.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
demersal

📖 Overview

Found most abundant near the coast in regions of high riverine outflow. Largest immature male was found to be 27.5 cm WD. No data on size at birth, with smallest specimen 13.2 cm WD of a late male embryo . Data for Max.Length of female from Ref.58027. Caught occasionally by bottom trawl and demersal gillnet fisheries operating off Sumatra and Kalimantan. Utilized for its meat and probably its skin.

Scientific Name
Pastinachus solocirostris
Authority
Last, Manjaji & Yearsley, 2005
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Other
IUCN Status
EN
Trophic Level
3.7
Vulnerability
87.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

A small species with the following diagnostic characters: acute snout, angle less than 110°, covered to apex with enlarged denticles; disc length 94-101% WD; head length 47-51% WD; preoral length 21-25% WD; distance between nostrils 9-11% WD; distance between first gill slits 20-25% WD; tail moderately compressed above the midbase of the ventral cutaneous fold, width 0.7-0.9 times its height; ventral fold slender, its length 1.1-1.3 times WD, 32-41 times its depth below its midbase; ventral fold depth 1.8-2.4 times tail height at its midbase; distance from cloaca to sting 0.9-1 in precloacal length; 1-3 nuchal thorns, largest pearl-shaped; pectoral fin radials 113-120; monospondylous vertebral centra 35-38 .: other.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Roughnose stingray is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Roughnose stingray is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Size at Maturity
32cm TL

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌿 Brackish ⬇️ Benthic
Trophic Level
3.7±0.6

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.01 × L3.04 (TL)

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Endangered
Assessment Date
2020

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Fishing Vulnerability
87.00/100
Very High vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.7
Predator
Body Shape
Other
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Last, Manjaji & Yearsley, 2005

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