Maugean skate

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]

Maugean skate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Dipturus
Species:
D. maugeana
Binomial name
Dipturus maugeana
Last & Gledhill, 2007
Synonyms[1]
  • Dipturus maugeana (Last & Gledhill 2007) [orth. error]
  • Raja sp. L
  • Zearaja maugeana Last & Gledhill, 2007

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. 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. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. "Zearaja maugeana — Maugean Skate, Port Davey Skate". environment.gov.au. Department of Environment of the Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. "Fish farm expansions risky for rare Port Davey skate dubbed 'the thylacine of the sea': scientists". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. 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


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