Beringraja rhina

Description

Reproduction: Oviparous.

Size: to 189 cm TL.

General: Light to dark brown or gray with dark mottling around the disc perimeter and tail. Dark dorsal ocelli (eyespots) are prominent. Also white-spotted in some animals, while others may only have two white spots behind the ocelli. Long snout extends beyond indented pectoral fins; wide disc. Short tail often looks striped from a distance. Mature males have relatively long, wide, white-tipped claspers.

Geographic Information

Published depth range: Nearshore to 1294 m.

Habitat description: Benthic.

Ocean range (global): Bering Sea to southern Baja and Gulf of California.

Additional Information

Verified MBARI depth distribution: 89 - 929 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, CA. 284 pp.

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.

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

Chiquillo, K.L., D.A. Ebert, C.J. Slager, and K.D. Crow (2014). The secret of the mermaid’s purse: Phylogenetic affinities within the Rajidae and the evolution of a novel reproductive strategy in skates. Molecular Phylogenetic Evololution 75: 245–251. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.01.012

Last, P., W. White, M. de Carvalho, B. Séret, M. Stehmann, and G. Naylor (2016). Rays of the world. Clayton, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing.

Kuhnz, L.A., J.J. Bizzarro, and D.A. Ebert (2019). In situ observations of deep-living skates in the eastern North Pacific. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 103104. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2019.103104.