WoRMS name details
Raja eglanteria Bosc, 1800
158556 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158556)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20. [details]
Distribution Massachusetts to Florida and Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Maine records from Collette and Klein-MacPhee (2002)
Distribution Massachusetts to Florida and Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Maine records from Collette and Klein-MacPhee (2002) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Raja eglanteria Bosc, 1800. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158556 on 2026-02-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Florida Museum of Natural History. 2003. Ichthyology Collection Database., available online at http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Collection/collectdata.htm [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Florida Museum of Natural History. 2003. Ichthyology Collection Database., available online at http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Collection/collectdata.htm [details]
Other
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feed mainly on decapod crustaceans, bivalves, polychaetes, squids and fishes [details]Distribution Massachusetts to Florida and Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Maine records from Collette and Klein-MacPhee (2002) [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found from saltwater parts of estuaries and bays of 330 m. [details]
Importance Social - Commercial, fishery and bait [details]
Reproduction Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | clearnose skate | [details] |
| French | raie blanc nez | [details] |
| Spanish | raya naricita | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (117 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja eglanteria)
To FishBase
To GenBank (141 nucleotides; 98 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Raja eglanteria USNM 410790 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Raja eglanteria USNM 410790 photograph ventral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (117 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raja eglanteria)
To FishBase
To GenBank (141 nucleotides; 98 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Raja eglanteria USNM 410790 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Raja eglanteria USNM 410790 photograph ventral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
