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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rajiformes (Skates and rays) > Rajidae (Skates)
Etymology: Beringraja: Named for the Bering Sea, though to be the origin of the two species in this genus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 5 - 120 m (Ref. 58497), usually 5 - 30 m (Ref. 114953). Temperate; 28°N - 50°N, 119°E - 150°E (Ref. 114953)

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

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 115 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 114953)

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).

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Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449). Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205).

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McEachran, J.D. and K.A. Dunn, 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2):271-290. (Ref. 27314)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Endangered (EN) (A2d); Date assessed: 28 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 5.5 - 22.3, mean 16.8 °C (based on 53 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00282 (0.00161 - 0.00493), b=3.26 (3.12 - 3.40), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.4 ±0.7 se; based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100).

Beringraja pulchra (Liu, 1932)