Species: Dipturus oregoni, Hooktail Skate, Oregon's Winged Skate
top uniform color
top disc uniform; pale below
pores under snout black
tail thorns: 3 rows, center - 31-48 + 1 between Ds

Dipturus oregoni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958)
Hooktail Skate, Oregon's Winged Skate
Disc rhomboidal, with sinuous front margins, ~1.4X wider than long, rear edges gently convex; snout moderately elongate (length before eye 17-18% 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, 50% 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, head and front edge of disc; ventral side with denticles under snout, besides mouth, & and in a band half way along front edge of disc; small thorns around eyes & along front edge of disc, no thorns along center of disc; tail with central row of 31-48 thorns, flanked by a pair of side rows of flattened, hooked thorns, 1 thorn between dorsal fins.
Upper surface uniform brown; lower surface with disc and pelvics pale bluish, tail pale brown; mucous pores in row of 9-10 along each side of nape in inconspicuous dark dots, pores on underside of snout & before mouth black.
Reaches 144 cm
Depth range 369-1079 m
Lives on soft bottoms
SE Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- 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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- Benthic
- Data
- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- GC endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- 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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- 144
- Depth Range Min
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- 369
- Depth Range Max
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- 1079