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Raja eglanteria (Clearnose skate; Clear-nosed brier skate; Clear-nosed summer skate)

Synonyms: Raia chantenay; Raia desmarestia; Raja diaphanes; Rostroraja eglanteria (homotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

Clearnose skates are elasmobranchs in the order Rajiformes and family Rajidae. They are one of nearly thirty members of the genus Raja. Clearnose skates were first described as Raja eglanteria by Bosc in 1800. Other scientific names include R. chantenay, R. desmarestia, and R. diaphanes; however, these names rarely in literature.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Migratory

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gateway National Recreation Area V 1807 New Jersey, United States

Prey / Diet

Crangon septemspinosa (sevenspine bay shrimp)[2]
Cynoscion regalis (Weakfish)[3]
Penaeus aztecus (brown shrimp)[3]
Peprilus triacanthus (Sheephead)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Carcharhinus plumbeus (Thickskin shark)[4]
Carcharias taurus (Spotted sand tiger shark)[3]

Consumers

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 2 Steimle FW, Pikanowski RA, McMillan DG, Zetlin CA, Wilk SJ. 2000. Demersal Fish and American Lobster Diets in the Lower Hudson - Raritan Estuary. US Dep Commer, NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 161; 106 p.
♦ 3Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000)
♦ 4DIET OF THE SANDBAR SHARK, CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS, IN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ADJACENT WATERS, Julia K. Ellis, Masters Thesis, The College of William and Mary, 2003
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 6Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0