Rhinoptera bonasus

Author
Mitchill, 1815
Common Names
  • Cowfish
  • Cownose Ray
  • Skeete

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
22 meters
Overall Geographic Range
New England to northern Argentina, Cuba
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
  • neritic
References

  • Bigelow, H. B., and W. C. Schroeder. 1953. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays, and chimaeroids. Pp. 1–588 in J. Tee-Van et al., eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 2. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays, and chimaeroids Memoir Sear Foundation of Marine Research, New Haven.

  • McEachran, J. D., and M. R. de Carvalho. 2002. Batoid fishes. Pp. 508–589 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 1: Introduction, mollusks, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

Species Notes

None noted.

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.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-14-2024.

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