Species: Dactylobatus armatus, Armed finger-skate

snout very blunt

Dactylobatus armatus Bean & Weed, 1909
Armed finger-skate
Disc ~circular; snout short (length before eyes 11-12% TL), very blunt, with a small point; front edge of disc convex; pectorals with tips broadly rounded, rear edges convex, middle rays extend outwards as spatula-like projections; pectoral supports extend to level of tip of snout, but separated by a clear space from rostrum; pelvic fins with front and rear lobes continuous, without a notch separating them, its edge evenly concave; tail 52% of TL, with narrow base, a skin flap along almost all of on each side, 2 dorsal fins & a rudimentary tail fin with an upper lobe only; upper surface of body and tail with sparse denticles and thorns around eyes, on nape and shoulders, and a single central row with an irregular row on each side along center of disc and tail; underside of disc smooth except pectoral fins with 2 rows of claw-like denticles along outer front edge from tip of snout to corner of fin.
Upper surface grey-brown, with irregular darker blotches; lower surface yellowish-white
Reaches 32 cm
Lives on soft bottoms.
Depth range 300-900 m.
South Carolina to the southern Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- All species
- GC endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 32
- Depth Range Min
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- 300
- Depth Range Max
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- 900