🌿 Brackish
Endangered
🌡️ Temperate
Maugean skate
Zearaja maugeana Last & Gledhill, 2007
📖 Overview
The total available habitat is less than 300 km2 and initial surveys suggest that the population is likely to be less than 1000 individuals (Treloar pers. comm.).
Scientific Name
Zearaja maugeana
Authority
Last & Gledhill, 2007
Habitat
Brackish
Climate
Temperate
IUCN Status
EN
Max Length
70.6 cm
Trophic Level
3.9
Resilience
Low
Vulnerability
56.00/100
🔬 Taxonomy
Genus
Zearaja
Zearaja
Species
Maugean skate
Zearaja maugeana
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Maugean skate is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Maugean skate is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
🐣 Oviparous
📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Substrate
Fertilization
External
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Brackish; benthopelagic. Temperate Southwest Pacific: Tasmania.
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
🌿 Brackish
Trophic Level
3.9±0.6
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.00309 × L3.24
(TL)
Max TL
70.6cm
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
IUCN Category
Endangered
Assessment Date
2025
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Population Resilience
Low
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
56.00/100
High vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.9
Predator
Climate Zone
Temperate
Described By
Last & Gledhill, 2007
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