Western Atlantic: Georges Bank to North Carolina, Mississippi, USA, including the northern Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Maine, North West Atlantic

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to North Carolina to Mississippi, USA, including the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Dorsal soft rays (total): 68 - 83; Analsoft rays: 53 - 62

Maximum size: 130 mm TL

13.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251))

benthic

Depth range based on 875 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 418 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 296
  Temperature range (°C): 7.263 - 27.598
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.325 - 21.357
  Salinity (PPS): 32.468 - 36.514
  Oxygen (ml/l): 3.424 - 6.765
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.043 - 1.331
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 14.354

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 296

Temperature range (°C): 7.263 - 27.598

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.325 - 21.357

Salinity (PPS): 32.468 - 36.514

Oxygen (ml/l): 3.424 - 6.765

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.043 - 1.331

Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 14.354
 
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.

Habitat Type: Marine

Depth: 0 - 90m.
Recorded at 90 meters.

Habitat: demersal.

demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); marine; depth range ? - 91 m (Ref. 5951)

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Species: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

Not Evaluated