Biology:Maugean skate
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Short description: Species of fish
| Maugean skate | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rajidae |
| Genus: | Dipturus |
| Species: | D. maugeana
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| Binomial name | |
| Dipturus maugeana Last & Gledhill, 2007
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The maugean skate or Port Davey skate[2] (Zearaja maugeana) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. Its natural habitat is estuarine waters. It is endemic to Tasmania, only found in the brackish estuarine waters of Macquarie Harbour and Bathurst Harbour.[1] The species was discovered in 1988 by Dr Graham Edgar.[3] It was named in honour of René Maugé, zoologist on the Baudin expedition to Australia, who died in Tasmania in 1802.
Diet
The Maugean skate holds a high trophic position in the food web (3.70). Their diet consists of benthic prey species, with crustaceans as their dominant prey type.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Last, P.R.; Gledhill, D.C.; Sherman, C.S. (2016). "'Zearaja maugeana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T64442A68650404. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64442A68650404.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64442/68650404. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ "Zearaja maugeana — Maugean Skate, Port Davey Skate". Department of Environment of the Commonwealth of Australia. http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=83504.
- ↑ "Fish farm expansions risky for rare Port Davey skate dubbed 'the thylacine of the sea': scientists". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2013. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-22/fears-for-skate-dubbed-thylacine-of-the-sea/4834104.
- ↑ Weltz Kay, Lyle Jeremy M., Bell Justin D., Semmens Jayson M. (2018) Dietary analysis reveals the vulnerability of the endangered Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) to benthic changes in Macquarie Harbour. Marine and Freshwater Research 70, 745-753
Wikidata ☰ Q116178486 entry
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