Author: (von Bonde & Swart, 1923)
FBname: Leopard skate
Remark: Specific name amended to <i>R. leoparda</i> in accordance with ICZN Article 34.2 by Weigmann et al., 2014 (Ref.96993).
Comments: Found in deeper shelf and slope waters (Ref. 4426).  Feed on bottom crustaceans, dragonets, rattails, hake, lanternfish, sea pens, cuttlefish and polychaete worms (Ref. 5578).  Oviparous.  Distinct pairing with embrace.  Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205).  Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats (Ref. 205).  Egg capsules are 7.4 cm long and 7.4 cm wide (Ref. 41249).  Caught by hake trawlers (Ref. 5578).