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Beringraja pulchra (Liu, 1932)

Description

Common Names

  • Geaderde rog , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Mottled skate , English , South Africa
  • Laiguline rai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Meganekasube , Japanese , Japan
  • 참홍어 , Korean , Korea (South)
  • 美鰩 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 美鳐 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Rajiformes

    Family: Rajidae

    Genus: Beringraja

    Species: Beringraja pulchra (Liu, 1932)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • Northwest Pacific: Japan, Sea of Okhotsk and the East China Sea.

    • Biology

    Commonly found near coast. Demersal on inner continental shelf. Feeds mainly on fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods (Ref. 114953). Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205). Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats (Ref. 205). Egg capsules are 14.5-16.0 cm long and 7.0-7.5 cm wide (Ref. 41249, 41253, 41298). Males reaches maturity at ca. 47 cm TL, females at ca. 69 cm TL; young hatch at 9-10 cm TL (Ref. 114953).

    Habitat

    demersal