WoRMS taxon details
Leucoraja ocellata (Mitchill, 1815)
158553 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158553)
accepted
Species
Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [details]
Distribution Newfoundland Banks and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to North Carolina
Distribution Newfoundland Banks and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to North Carolina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Leucoraja ocellata (Mitchill, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158553 on 2024-07-08
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original description
(of Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Packer, D. B.; Zetlin, C.A.; Vitaliano, J.J. (2003). Essential fish habitat source document: thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata, life history and habitat characteristics. <em>NOAA Technical Memorandum.</em> 1-39. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Packer, D. B.; Zetlin, C.A.; Vitaliano, J.J. (2003). Essential fish habitat source document: thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata, life history and habitat characteristics. <em>NOAA Technical Memorandum.</em> 1-39. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Diet Especially crustaceans and amphipods, though polychaetes, molluscs and fishes are also consumed. [details]Distribution Newfoundland Banks and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to North Carolina [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Preferred depth of 37-90m and temperature range of 5-9 C. [details]
Importance Social- Fish meal and pet food [details]
Predators Sharks, other rays and grey seals. [details]
Reproduction Mating occurs throughout the year, eggs surrounded by a tough casing. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | winterrog | [details] |
| English | winter skate | [details] |
| French | raie tachetée | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (81 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (122 publications) (from synonym Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucoraja ocellata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase images (Raja ocellata, Canada, by Sargent, P.) (from synonym Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815)
To GenBank (10435 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815)
To GenBank (10435 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leucoraja ocellata USNM 410543 photograph dorsal view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (122 publications) (from synonym Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucoraja ocellata)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase images (Raja ocellata, Canada, by Sargent, P.) (from synonym Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815)
To GenBank (10435 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Raja ocellata Mitchill, 1815)
To GenBank (10435 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leucoraja ocellata USNM 410543 photograph dorsal view)
To ITIS
