Raja maderensis Madeiran ray

Raja maderensis is commonly referred to as Madeiran ray. Difficulty in the aquarium: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

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Scientific:: Raja maderensis
German:: Madeira-Rochen
English:: Madeiran Ray

Category:: Pijlstaart roggen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Rajiformes (Order) > Rajidae (Family) > Raja (Genus) > maderensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Lowe, 1838

Occurrence:: East-Atlantic Ocean, Madeira, West Africa
Size:: 19.69" - 33.46" (50cm - 85cm)
Temperature:: 62.6 °F - 73.4 °F (17°C - 23°C)
Food:: Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Lobster, Rock lobster, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sea urchins, Sepia, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Raja ackleyi
Raja africana
Raja asterias
Raja bahamensis
Raja brachyura
Blondrochen, Kurzschwanzrochen
Raja cervigoni
Raja chinensis
Raja clavata
Stechrochen, Nagelrochen, Stachelrochen
Raja cortezensis
Raja eglanteria
Raja equatorialis
Raja herwigi
Raja inornata
Raja maderensis
Madeira-Rochen
Raja microocellata
Raja miraletus
Spiegelrochen
Raja montagui
Fleckenrochen
Raja pita
Raja polystigma
Raja radula
Raja rhina
Raja rondeleti
Raja rouxi
Raja stellulata
Raja straeleni
Biscuit-Rochen
Raja texana
Raja undulata
Marmorrochen
Raja velezi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-09-26 22:36:02
Last edit:: 2012-09-26 22:36:02

Info

Lowe, 1838

Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: endemic to Madeira; possibly Azores.
Nominal records from western Africa and the Canary Islands could not be verified and are probably misidentifications.

Biology
Feeds on all kinds of benthic animals.
Oviparous.
Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell.

Human uses
Fisheries: commercial

Synonymised taxa:
Raia maderensis Lowe, 1838

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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