Saudi Arabia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected off Jizan, southern Saudi Arabian Red Sea coast. Provisionally identified as this species pending revision of the complex (Ref. 99978).
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bogorodsky, S.V., T.J. Alpermann, A.O. Mal and M.H. Gabr, 2014
National Database:

Classification / Names

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Dasyatidae (Stingrays) > Urogymninae
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Whipray, Gerrardi nuutrai, Otome-ei, ... more

Main reference

Last, P.R. and L.J.V. Compagno. 1999. (Ref. 9840)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : McEachran, John | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9840)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 64 - ? cm

Environment

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 50 m (Ref. 5578)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred 23°C (Ref. 107945)

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Oman to Indonesia; north to Taiwan.
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Likely confined to the inner continental shelf (Ref. 9840), over sandy and mud bottoms (Ref. 30573). Recorded from coastal waters and river mouths (Ref. 45255). Feeds on bottom crustaceans including shrimp, crabs and small lobsters (Ref. 5578). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Important food fish, the skin and flesh are dried or used to produce leather for purses and bags (Ref. 9840). Caught in very large quantities in the demersal tangle net, bottom trawl and trammel net fisheries. Utilized for its meat, skin (high value) and cartilage (Ref.58048).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Internet sources

Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.7 ±0.55 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Fec=2)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Maculabatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851)