Species: Dipturus garricki, San Blas skate

pores under snout black

Dipturus garricki (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958)
San Blas skate
Disc rhomboidal, with sinuous front margins, ~1.3X wider than long, rear edges gently convex; snout moderately elongate (length before eye 18% of TL), sharply pointed, its tip firm, with a stout cartilage; pectoral fin rays separate from 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 connected by membrane, rear one large; 2 small dorsal fins at rear of tail, similar in size & shape, rounded tips, close together (1/3 length of 1st dorsal base apart); tail narrow, 45% TL, with a pair of lateral skin folds low down, along entire length; tail fin as a long, low upper fold behind the second dorsal; top of disc free of denticles, except on snout and front edge of disc; ventral side with denticles under snout & and in a band along front edge of disc, rest of disc with a few very small scattered denticles; small thorns on snout (dense), around eyes & between spiracles, 1-2 on each shoulder, 1 row of ~36 (including 4 on nape) large thorns along center of disc from nape to 1st dorsal fin; tail with central row flanked by a pair of side rows, 2 thorns between dorsal fins.
Upper surface uniform brown; lower surface of disc, pelvics pale bluish; mucous pores in row of 8-11 along each side of nape thorns, on underside of snout & before and beside black.
Reaches 107 cm
Depth range 275-598 m
Lives on soft bottoms
Gulf of Mexico to Colombia.

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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 (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Live birth
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- GC endemic
- All species..
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 107
- Depth Range Min
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- 275
- Depth Range Max
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- 598