Record #:

7361

Author(s):

Correll, Helen

Abstract:

Correll describes an unusual fish, a skate, found in the state's coastal waters. It has a skeleton like a shark, flaps its wing-like fins like a bird to help it glide through the water, and is so flat that it is often described as a pancake. The name derives from an old Norse word which meant long, narrow, and pointed.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 69 Issue 8, Aug 2005, p32-35, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Skates (Fishes)

Record #:

16649

Author(s):

Swartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

In 1985, Dipturus Teevani, a long-nosed, diamond-shaped skate, was brought up from 1,900 meters deep in Atlantic waters. The capture changed its depth range from 752 meters to 1,900 meters and its distributional range north of Cape Lookout 100 meters to east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 128 Issue 1, Spring 2012, p23-24, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Skates (Fishes)

Record #:

16648

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Richard's skate was first described off New Zealand in 1961. Among the features of this deep-water skate are a diamond-shaped body and brown to gray coloration dorsally and ventrally. Few have been collected worldwide since 1961; however, recent searches of the literature have revealed two specimens that had been collected off the North Carolina coast in 1974.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 128 Issue 1, Spring 2012, p21-22, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Skates (Fishes)