| Urolophidae (Round rays) |
| 43.3 cm TL (male/unsexed); 52.1 cm TL (female) |
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benthopelagic; marine; depth range 9 - 79 m |
| Southwest Pacific: New South Wales, Australia. |
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This medium-sized species which lacks broad lobes on posterolateral border of nostrils, has the following set of characters: disc subcircular to weakly rhomboidal, width less than 62% TL; internasal flap bell-shaped; tail with well-developed lateral cutaneous folds; stinging spine long, 12-15% TL; dorsal fin low but prominent, free-rear tip over spine origin; total vertebrae 156-170; pre-spine vertebrae 86-95; dorsal surface of disc greenish, paler laterally; usually with dark suborbital blotch and V-shaped interorbital bar (Ref. 75595). |
| Serrated spines on the tail are venomous and can cause excruciating pain (https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3544). |
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Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 06 August 2018 (A2d) Ref. (130435)
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| venomous |
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