Beringraja binoculata

Description

Reproduction: Oviparous.

Size: to 244 cm TL.

General: Very large brown to brownish-red skate, with darker mottling and white spots. Two large ocelli (eyespots) surrounded by rosettes of white spots. Snout extends far beyond indented pectoral fins. Dorsal fins separated by an interdorsal thorn.

Geographic Information

Published depth range: to 800 m

Habitat description: Benthic.

Ocean range (global): Eastern Bering Sea to central Baja California and the Gulf of California.

Additional Information

Verified MBARI depth distribution: 27 - 498 m (March 2016).

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Ebert, D. (2003). Sharks, rays, and chimeras of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 284 pp.

Ishihara, H., M. Treloar, P.H.F. Bor, H. Senou, and C.H. Jeong (2012). The Comparative Morphology of Skate Egg Capsules (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes). Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, 44: 9-25.

Castro-Aguirre, J.L. and H. Espinosa Perez (1996). Listados faunísticos de México. VII. Catálogo sistemático de las rayas y especies afines de México. (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes: Batoideiomorpha). Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico. 75 pp.

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald, and H. Hammann (1983). A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 336 pp.

Bizzarro, J.J., K.M. Broms, M.G. Logsdon, D.A. Ebert, M.M. Yoklavich, L.A. Kuhnz, and A.P. Summers (2014). Spatial segregation in eastern North Pacific skate assemblages. PLoS ONE, 9: e109907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109907