Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Petromyzonti
Holocephali
Myxini
Cladistii
Coelacanthi

Species Order

Rhinopristiformes
Callionymiformes
Osmeriformes
Petromyzontiformes
Clupeiformes
Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Batrachoidiformes
Hiodontiformes
Myxiniformes
Carangiformes
Albuliformes
Mugiliformes
Lampriformes
Chimaeriformes
Aulopiformes
Anabantiformes
Holocentriformes
Centrarchiformes
Hexanchiformes
Torpediniformes
Synbranchiformes
Cypriniformes
Kurtiformes
Tetraodontiformes
Myctophiformes
Blenniiformes
Syngnathiformes
Ovalentaria/misc
Lepisosteiformes
Pleuronectiformes

Dipturus kwangtungensis (Chu, 1960)

Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Rajiformes

Family: Rajidae

Genus: Dipturus

Species: Dipturus kwangtungensis (Chu, 1960)

Climate Zone

Subtropical

Location

Northwest Pacific: Aomori Prefecture, Japan to the East China Sea as far south as the Senkaku Islands.

Biology

Occur in the sublittoral zone, 30-100 m on sandy mud bottom (Ref. 11230). 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 6.5 cm long and 4.0 cm wide (Ref. 41249). FB name from Ref. 10932.

Habitat

demersal