Species: Rhinoptera brasiliensis, Ticon cownose ray
Rhinoptera brasiliensis Muller, 1836
Ticon cownose ray
Disc angular, nearly twice as wide as long; head and snout strongly marked off from and raised above front of disc; forehead overhangs blunt, concave snout that is notched in front, lower part with pair of broadly rounded lobes separated by central notch; eyes and spiracles on side of head; mouth without fleshy papillae on its floor; 8-10 (average 9) rows of relatively wide and narrow, large plate-like crushing teeth on both jaws; moderate sized dorsal fin at tail base; no tail fin or fin folds; tail long and slender.
Top uniform brown; underside white with darker edges to the disc.
Reaches a disc width of 104 cm.
Benthic on soft bottoms and in the water column.
Depth: 0-25 m.
North Carolina to Brazil.
Note: Genetically very similar to R. steindachneri from the E Pacific.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Surface
- Near Surface
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- Water column
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Estuary
- Beach
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- No pelagic phase
- No pelagic larva
- Live birth
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Extends North of GC
- Continent only
- Extends South of GC
- Continent
- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- Extends N + S of GC
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Temperate (>35N)
- IUCN Red List
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- Endangered
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 104
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 25
