Raja undulata Undulate ray

Raja undulata is commonly referred to as Undulate ray. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anders Salesjö, Schweden

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Scientific:: Raja undulata
German:: Marmorrochen
English:: Undulate Ray

Category:: Raies

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Rajiformes (Order) > Rajidae (Family) > Raja (Genus) > undulata (Species)
Initial determination:: Lacepède, 1802

Occurrence:: West Sahara, Straße von Gibraltar, Algeria, Bay of Biscay, East-Atlantic Ocean, Israel, Morocco, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Clams, Crabs, Edible crab, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Schrimps, Sepia, Shrimps, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Pas pour l'aquarium!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

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:: 2013-01-23 20:08:50
Last edit:: 2013-01-23 20:08:50

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Lacepède, 1802

Special thanks for the foto to Anders Salesjö, Sweden.

Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: southern Ireland and England to Senegal, including the western Mediterranean and the Canary Islands.
Reported from the eastern Mediterranean.

Biology
Found on sandy bottoms of shelf waters.
Feed on all kinds of bottom animals. Oviparous.
Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother.
Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats. Egg capsules are 7.2-9.0 cm long and 4.2-5.2 cm wide.

Synonyme:
Raja fenestra Rafinesque, 1810
Raja mosaica Lacepède, 1802
Raja picta Lacepède, 1802

External links

FishBase (multi). 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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