Longnosed skate
📖 Overview
Found in deeper slope waters , but mainly around 200 m. Found on sand and sand-rock bottoms . Feeds on all kinds of bottom animals , mainly cephalopods and crustaceans . Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 6808. Become sexually mature at a length of about 120 cm ; young hatch at ca. 17 cm TL . Breeds in spring and early summer . 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 14.0-23.5 cm long and 11.0-12.0 cm wide .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Longnosed skate is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Longnosed skate is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk . Egg cases laid from spring to early summer . Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 70 - 1461 m , usually ? - 200 m . Deep-water; 65°N - 11°N, 19°W - 36°E central Norway to Senegal, including the Faeroes, Skagerrak, Mediterranean, and the Canary and Madeira islands.
🌿 Ecology
all kinds of bottom animals (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Long-nosed burton skate · Longnose skate · Longnosed skate · long-nosed skate |
| 🌍BRE | travank griz |
| 🌍CYM | Morgathod Trwynfain · morgath drwynfain |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Plovjernsrokke |
| 🇩🇪German | Spitzrochen · Spitzschnauze · Spitzschnauzenrochen · Spitznäuziger Rochen |
| 🌍ELL | Νόνα |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Vannasrausku |
| 🇫🇷French | Alène · Blanquette · Capoutchin · Capucin · Flossade · Fumat · Matrasso · Pocheteau noir · Raie à bec pointu · Raie-capucin · raie capucin · tyre |
| 🌍HEB | תריסנית חוטמנית |
| 🌍ISL | Plógskata |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Razza Monaca |
| 🌍LIT | ilgasnukė raja |
| 🌍MLT | Hamiema · Rebekkin · Rebekkin geddumu twil · Rebekkin ta' mniehru twil · Vjolin |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Scherpsnuit rog · scherpsnuitrog |
| 🌍NNO | spisskate · plogskate · spiss-skate |
| 🌍NOB | plogskate · spiss-skate · spisskate |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Nebbskate · Spisrokke · Spiss-skate · Spisskate |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Raja ostronosa |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Raia-bicuda |
| 🇷🇺Russian | длинноносый скат |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Bastina · Caputjó · Caputxo · Cavach · Cavach rayón · Machuelo · Mahoma · Picon · Raya aguda · Raya negrita · Raya picuda · Rayón · Retjada |
| 🌍SQI | Raje turigjate |
| 🌍SRP | Nosatica · Raza klinka |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Plogjärnsrocka |
| 🌍TUR | Sivriburun vatoz · vatoz |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dipterus oxyrinchus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Dipturus oxyrincus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Raja acus | Lacepède | 1803 | Synonym |
| Raja oxyrinchus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Raja rinchus | - | - | Synonym |
| Raja salviani | Müller & Henle | 1841 | Synonym |
| Raja vomer | Fries | 1838 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 10 records indexed .
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