Spinytail skate
📖 Overview
An inhabitant of deep, cold water . Benthic . 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 13.4-16.5 cm long and 8.0-10.2 cm wide . This species is part of the regular by-catch of deep-sea fisheries .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Disk without spines, except near edge of pectoral fins in males. Ventral mucous pores not blackish. Tail with middorsal row of large spines. Snout pointed . Upper surface pale brown or bluish gray without dark markings. Lower surface white with small sooty blotches irregularly distributed around margins of pectorals, pelvic fins white below. Lower surface of tail white but pale brown rearward .: other.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Spinytail skate is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous . Paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk . Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 111 - 2949 m , usually 165 - 255 m . Boreal; 2°C - 8°C ; 80°N - 42°N, 80°W - 50°E North Atlantic and adjacent Arctic.
🌿 Ecology
all kinds of bottom animals (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Spinetail Ray · Spinetail Skate · Spiny-tailed skate · Spinytail Ray · spinytail skate |
| 🌍CES | rejnok trnoocasý |
| 🇩🇪German | Dornschwanz-Tiefenrochen · Grönlandrochen |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | piikkipyrstörausku |
| 🇫🇷French | Raie à queue épineuse |
| 🌍ISL | Maríuskata |
| 🌍LIT | dygliauodegė raja |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Groenlandse rog |
| 🌍NNO | gråskate |
| 🌍NOB | gråskate |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Gråskate |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Raia-da-Gronelândia |
| 🇷🇺Russian | шипохвостый скат |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Raya Ferreiro |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raja spinicauda | Jensen | 1914 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 29 records indexed .
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