Species: Dipturus teevani, Caribbean skate, Prickly brown ray

top uniform; bottom cream/dusky
pores under snout dark

Dipturus teevani (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951)
Caribbean skate, Prickly brown ray
Disc rhomboidal, with sinuous front margins, ~1.25X wider than long, rear edges gently convex; snout moderately elongate (length before eye 22% 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; 2 small dorsal fins at rear of tail, similar in size & shape, rounded tips, joined at bases; tail narrow, 48-53% 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 minute denticles between eyes and all over disc before the eyes; ventral side with denticles under snout, and along front edge of disc; upper surface with 1-2 thorns before eye & 1 after, no thorns along center of disc; tail with central row of 15 back-pointing thorns to 1st dorsal fin, 0-2 thorns between dorsal fins.
Upper surface pale brown, dorsal and tail fins black; lower surface creamy to dusky, tail blackish; mucous pores on underside of snout & before mouth dark.
Reaches 84 cm
Depth range 240-940 m
Lives on soft bottoms
The Gulf of Mexico to Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore Only
- Offshore
- 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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- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Data
- Egg Type
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- No pelagic phase
- Data
- Benthic
- No pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Temperate (>35N)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 84
- Depth Range Min
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- 240
- Depth Range Max
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- 940