Species: Breviraja mouldi, Blacknose shortskate

Breviraja mouldi McEchran & Matheson, 1995

Blacknose shortskate

Heart-shaped disc, wider (~1.2X) than long, with front margins undulating, tips of pectorals round; snout flexible, short, blunt, supported to near its tip by a cartilage with a very slender tip; pectoral rays extending nearly to tip of snout; eyes on top of head, with spiracles immediately behind; nostrils a little in front of mouth, with front lobes from nostrils forming a curtain between them and mouth; pelvic fin with 2 distinct lobes joined by membrane, rear lobe large, front lobe 66-85% length of rear lobe; upper surface of disc sparsely covered with small denticles; thorns not conspicuously large, with smooth basal cones, 3-4 before and 2-3 after eye, a triangular patch of 16-24 on nape and shoulders, 3 central rows of small thorns from behind shoulders to first dorsal fin, with another row of larger thorns on each side from center of disc to middle of tail; underside of disc and tail smooth; tail 1.5-1.8X length of disc, width of its base distinctly >eye;  tail with 2 dorsal fins, those touching; tail fin with upper lobe that is ½ height of 2nd dorsal fin, no lower lobe; side of tail with a narrow fold from beyond tips of pelvics to tail tip; sex organs of males rod-shaped, tapering to a narrow tip.

Top surface of disc tan, occasionally mottled with lighter blotches; indistinct brown blotches on dorsal and tail fins; lower surface pale, with darker disc edges, snout tip underneath with dark brown to black blotch.

Reaches 41 cm.

On soft bottoms

Depth range 353-787 m.

Honduras to Panama