Stomach contents and notes on the reproduction of the Onefin Skate Gurgesiella dorsalifera (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) off Southern Brazil

The Brazilian endemic deep-water onefin skate (Gurgesiella dorsalifera) is a rare small species recently described in the 80's. No biological information is available on this species and its extremely restricted geographic distribution has been used to classify it as a vulnerable species under...

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Main Authors: Getulio Rincon, Teodoro Vaske Junior, Carolus M. Vooren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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author Getulio Rincon
Teodoro Vaske Junior
Carolus M. Vooren
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description The Brazilian endemic deep-water onefin skate (Gurgesiella dorsalifera) is a rare small species recently described in the 80's. No biological information is available on this species and its extremely restricted geographic distribution has been used to classify it as a vulnerable species under IUCN red list criteria. Twenty four specimens (115 to 207 mm disc width) were captured off southern Brazilian coast at the region of Cape Santa Marta Grande (State of Santa Catarina) by deep-water otter trawl (430-524 m). The analysis of stomach contents revealed an apparent opportunistic predation on juveniles of Urophycis brasiliensis (IRI = 6944), with an average total length of 21 mm, followed by mysidaceans (IRI = 2938), unidentified teleosts (IRI = 1969), the copepod Bradyidius plinioi (IRI = 393), and decapod crustaceans (IRI = 297). One mature female with 207 mm DW had two egg cases in its uteri.
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spelling doaj.art-1ce826a3b0d844698dc949587c102e632022-12-21T17:16:15ZengSociedade Brasileira de IctiologiaNeotropical Ichthyology1982-02246468969210.1590/S1679-62252008000400019S1679-62252008000400019Stomach contents and notes on the reproduction of the Onefin Skate Gurgesiella dorsalifera (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) off Southern BrazilGetulio Rincon0Teodoro Vaske Junior1Carolus M. Vooren2Universidade Estadual PaulistaUniversidade Estadual PaulistaUniversidade Estadual PaulistaThe Brazilian endemic deep-water onefin skate (Gurgesiella dorsalifera) is a rare small species recently described in the 80's. No biological information is available on this species and its extremely restricted geographic distribution has been used to classify it as a vulnerable species under IUCN red list criteria. Twenty four specimens (115 to 207 mm disc width) were captured off southern Brazilian coast at the region of Cape Santa Marta Grande (State of Santa Catarina) by deep-water otter trawl (430-524 m). The analysis of stomach contents revealed an apparent opportunistic predation on juveniles of Urophycis brasiliensis (IRI = 6944), with an average total length of 21 mm, followed by mysidaceans (IRI = 2938), unidentified teleosts (IRI = 1969), the copepod Bradyidius plinioi (IRI = 393), and decapod crustaceans (IRI = 297). One mature female with 207 mm DW had two egg cases in its uteri.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252008000400019&lng=en&tlng=enElasmobranchDeep-waterBatoideaRajiformes
spellingShingle Getulio Rincon
Teodoro Vaske Junior
Carolus M. Vooren
Stomach contents and notes on the reproduction of the Onefin Skate Gurgesiella dorsalifera (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) off Southern Brazil
Neotropical Ichthyology
Elasmobranch
Deep-water
Batoidea
Rajiformes
title Stomach contents and notes on the reproduction of the Onefin Skate Gurgesiella dorsalifera (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) off Southern Brazil
title_full Stomach contents and notes on the reproduction of the Onefin Skate Gurgesiella dorsalifera (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) off Southern Brazil
title_fullStr Stomach contents and notes on the reproduction of the Onefin Skate Gurgesiella dorsalifera (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) off Southern Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Stomach contents and notes on the reproduction of the Onefin Skate Gurgesiella dorsalifera (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) off Southern Brazil
title_short Stomach contents and notes on the reproduction of the Onefin Skate Gurgesiella dorsalifera (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) off Southern Brazil
title_sort stomach contents and notes on the reproduction of the onefin skate gurgesiella dorsalifera chondrichthyes rajidae off southern brazil
topic Elasmobranch
Deep-water
Batoidea
Rajiformes
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252008000400019&lng=en&tlng=en
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