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🌊 Marine Vulnerable 🌡️ Tropical

Indonesian sharpnose ray

Telatrygon biasa Last, White & Naylor, 2016
Max Length
-
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.8
Depth
-
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
-
Vulnerability
90.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
pelagic

📖 Overview

Demersal on the continental and insular shelves of up to approximately 40 m depth. Birth size is 7.0 - 9.0 cm WD .

Scientific Name
Telatrygon biasa
Authority
Last, White & Naylor, 2016
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
IUCN Status
VU
Trophic Level
3.8
Vulnerability
90.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: relatively short snout, length of preorbital 28-29% DW, preoral 27-28% DW and prenasal 23-25% DW; relatively short disc, its length 97-105% DW; the preoral length is 1.5-1.6 times width between the first gill openings; small eyes, orbit length 5-7% DW; 107-114 pectoral-fin radials; total vertebral centra (excluding the first synarcual) 85-94 .: other (see remarks); Cross section: flattened.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Indonesian sharpnose ray is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Indonesian sharpnose ray is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Size at Maturity
18.5cm TL

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range ? - 40 m . Tropical North Pacific, including Indonesia and Malaysian Borneo; reported from the Philippines but no current specimens reported.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🐟 Pelagic
Trophic Level
3.8±0.6

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00447 × L3.12 (TL)

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Vulnerable
Assessment Date
2020

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Fishing Vulnerability
90.00/100
Very High vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.8
Predator
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Last, White & Naylor, 2016

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