Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 425 - 472 m (Ref. 28767). Deep-water; 30°N - 18°N, 98°W - 81°W
Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6902)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Leaf-like expansion of snout. Skin naked. Pelvic fins are leg like. No dorsal fins. Upper surface ash gray, lower surface pale grayish white, outer posterior belt of pectorals sooty gray, snout narrowly and irregularly edged with black, tail sooty at base (Ref. 6902).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).
Last, P.R., S. Weigmann and L. Yang, 2016. Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes). In: Last and Yearsley (eds.). Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication. 11-34. (Ref. 118749)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías:
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 8.6 - 12.8, mean 10 °C (based on 7 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Assuming fecundity<100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).