{"id":4299,"date":"2022-07-27T16:15:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T16:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/seabirds\/?page_id=4299"},"modified":"2025-01-30T10:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T10:51:41","slug":"bathytoshia-lata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/bathytoshia-lata\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathytoshia lata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-group alignfull has-tertiary-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-8 column1-desktop-grid__start-3 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-8 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none is-vertically-aligned-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background-color has-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-huge-font-size\"><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>Bathytoshia lata<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Common name:<\/strong> Brown Stingray, Roughtail Stingray<br><strong>Order:<\/strong> Myliobatiformes  <br><strong>Family:<\/strong> Dasyatidae  <br><strong>Synonyms:<\/strong> <em>Dasyatis lata, Trygon lata<\/em><br><strong>Misidentifications: <\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/excluded-species\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6339\">Bathytoshia centroura<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-4301\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-27-6 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-4301 ml-slider\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_4301\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_4301\">\n            <ul aria-live=\"polite\" class=\"slides\">\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4307 ms-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/blata_philippeguillaume-649x463.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-4301 slide-4307\" title=\"blata_philippeguillaume\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">photo credit: Philippe Guillaume<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4305 ms-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/blata_andymurch-e1658938059669-700x500.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-4301 slide-4305\" title=\"Brown Stingray\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">photo credit: Andy Murch<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4306 ms-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/blata_anniesubra-e1658938074959-700x500.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-4301 slide-4306\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">photo credit: Annie Subra<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-4 column1-desktop-grid__start-3 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column2-desktop-grid__span-4 column2-desktop-grid__start-7 column2-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-4 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column2-tablet-grid__span-4 column2-tablet-grid__start-5 column2-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1 column2-mobile-grid__span-4 column2-mobile-grid__row-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>Short description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very large species. Broad and rhombic disc with pectoral fin apex narrowly angular. Very thick trunk. Sharp thorns over its disc and tail in adults. Skin is smooth with large tubercles or buckles on the dorsal midline of adults. Short snout, broadly triangular. Small eyes and protruding slightly. Broad tail, depressed at the base (length twice the width of the disc).<br><br><strong>Color: &nbsp;<\/strong>Olive brown dorsal surface or plain grayish brown or black. All surfaces are black beyond sting. Ventral surface entirely white, black ventral fold. Usually with irregular flecks where skin is damaged on the disc.<br><br><strong>Measurements:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Disk width <\/strong>(DW)<strong>:<\/strong> 100-130 cm (max 260 cm)<\/li><li><strong>Total length<\/strong> (TL): to 396 cm<\/li><li><strong>Weight<\/strong>: to 350 kg<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Swimming pattern: <\/strong>Undulatory locomotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blata_smsphoto-cut.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>video credit: smsphoto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>Biology \/ Ecology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-caf50a6c-6585-4a9d-972f-8036f1810e92\">Feeds on crabs, prawns and small fishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-caf50a6c-6585-4a9d-972f-8036f1810e92\">Max age: 28 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-caf50a6c-6585-4a9d-972f-8036f1810e92\"><strong>Reproduction: <\/strong>Viviparous (aplacental viviparity). Size at maturity<strong> <\/strong>(DW): 100 cm male, 110 cm female. Age at maturity: 15 years. Gestation period: ~4 months. Juveniles per litter: 2-6 produced in autumn and early winter. Size at birth (DW): 34-37 cm.<br><br><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>Demersal or benthic on insular and continental shelves. Found on sandy or muddy bottoms, sometimes near coral reefs from shallow waters to 200 m (max 800 m deep).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid column1-desktop-grid__span-11 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-8 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-foreground-color has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Previously considered in the Mediterranean Sea as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/excluded-species\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6339\">Bathytoshia centroura<\/a>.<\/em> Current geographic distribution of both species needs to be clarified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>Distinguishing characteristics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Relatively narrow fold under the tail.<\/li><li>Large nodules on the dorsal surface.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Myliobatiformes: <\/strong>No caudal and anal fin. Thin tail like a whip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dasyatidae:<\/strong> Batoids with depressed bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>Distribution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7c753903-038c-44d5-aff6-969ae6648293\">Due to the recent change of the taxonomy of this species, many records are old and require verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7c753903-038c-44d5-aff6-969ae6648293\"><strong>Worldwide<\/strong>: Northwestern Atlantic from Cape Cod to Gulf of Mexico. Southwestern Atlantic from Brazil to Argentina. Eastern Atlantic from Bay of Biscay to Angola, including the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9d84759b-671d-4c76-b4e6-4c202ee3961d\"><strong>Mediterranean<\/strong>: <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Occurrence:<\/strong> Rare and occasional in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.<\/li><li><strong>Latest records: <\/strong>Malta (2023), Cyprus (2018-2022), Portugal (1986-2017), Izmir &#8211; Turkey (2016), Island of Glavat &#8211; Croatia (2017), Adriatic Sea (2015), Corse (2015), Sardinia (2015),\u00a0Spain and Balearic Sea (2015), Iskenderun Bay &#8211; Turkey (2014), Gulf of Antalya &#8211; Turkey (2010), Tunisia (2001).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bathytoshia_lata_2025-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bathytoshia_lata_2025-1024x508.png 1024w, https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bathytoshia_lata_2025-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bathytoshia_lata_2025-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bathytoshia_lata_2025-1536x762.png 1536w, https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bathytoshia_lata_2025-1568x778.png 1568w, https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bathytoshia_lata_2025.png 1794w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid column1-desktop-grid__span-10 column1-desktop-grid__start-2 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-8 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-foreground-color has-secondary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Any recent observation not on the map?<br><a href=\"mailto: lmendez@ciesm.org\">Contact us<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-ca6ef4b1-4ee6-45e6-85da-9ca8e126a46f\"><strong>Threats<\/strong>: Bycatch in artisanal and industrial fisheries. Retained for human consumption for its meat, cartilage and thorny tail.<br><br><strong>Protection level<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Global:<\/strong> Vulnerable (IUCN 2021, last assessment: 2020)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7c753903-038c-44d5-aff6-969ae6648293\"><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-group alignfull has-tertiary-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-10 column1-desktop-grid__start-2 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-8 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p><strong>Key references<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:14px\"><li>Agius A., Borg J. A., Schembri P. J. 2024. Batoid fishes associating with tuna farms in Malta. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer M\u00e9dit. 43: 273.<\/li><li>Akyol O., Ayd\u0131n \u0130., Ula\u015f A., Capap\u00e9 C. 2017. On the capture of a large pregnant<em> Bathytoshia lata<\/em> (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the coast of \u00c7e\u015fme, Izmir (Aegean Sea, Turkey). <em>Journal of the Black Sea\/Mediterranean Environment<\/em> 23(1): 92-99.<\/li><li>Ba\u015fusta N., Sulikowski J.A. 2012. The oldest estimated age for roughtail stingray [<em>Dasyatis centroura<\/em> (Mitchill, 1815)] from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Journal of Applied Ichthyology<\/em> 28(4): 641-642.<\/li><li>Carpentieri P., Nastasi A., Sessa M., Srour A. 2021. Incidental catch of vulnerable species in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries \u2013 A review. <em>General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean<\/em> &#8211;\u00a0<em>Studies and Reviews<\/em>\u00a0101: I-317.<\/li><li>Dul\u010di\u0107 J., Jardas I., Onofri V., Bolotin J. 2003. The roughtail stingray <em>Dasyatis centroura<\/em> (Pisces: Dasyatidae) and spiny butterfly ray <em>Gymnura altavela<\/em> (Pisces: Gymnuridae) from the southern Adriatic. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom<\/em> 83(4): 871-872.<\/li><li>Ferretti F., Osio G.C., Jenkins C.J., Rosenberg A.A., Lotze H.K. 2013. Long-term change in a meso-predator community in response to prolonged and heterogeneous human impact. <em>Scientific reports<\/em> 3(1) : 1-11.<\/li><li>Follesa M. C., Marongiu M. F., Zupa W., Bellodi A., Cau A., Cannas R., Colloca F., Djurovic M., Isajlovic I., Jadaud A., Manfredi C., Mulas A., Peristeraki P., Porcu C., Ramirez-Amaro S., Salmer\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez F., Serena F., Sion L., Thasitis I., Cau A., Carbonara P. 2019. Spatial variability of Chondrichthyes in the northern Mediterranean. <em>Scientia Marina <\/em>83(S1): 81-100.<\/li><li>Giovos I., Serena F., Katsada D., Anastasiadis A., Barash A., Charilaou C., Hall-Spencer J.M.,Crocetta F.,Kaminas A., Kletou D, Maximiadi M., Minasidis V., Moutopoulos D.K., Aga-Spyridopoulou R.N., Thasitis I., Kleitou P. 2021. Integrating literature, biodiversity databases, and citizen-science to reconstruct the checklist of Chondrichthyans in Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). <em>Fishes<\/em> 6(3): 24.<\/li><li>Guijarro B., Quetglas A., Moranta J., Ordines F., Valls M., Gonz\u00e1lez N., Massut\u00ed E. 2012. Inter- and intra-annual trends and status indicators of nektobenthic elasmobranchs off the Balearic Islands (northwestern Mediterranean). <em>Scientia Marina<\/em> <em>7<\/em>6: 87\u201396.<\/li><li>O\u2019Keefe M., Bengil EG., Palmer JL, Beton D, \u00c7a\u011flar \u00c7., Godley B.J, \u00d6zkan M., Snape R.T.E., Broderick A.C. 2023. Diversity and distribution of elasmobranchs in the coastal waters of Cyprus: using bycatch data to inform management and conservation.\u00a0<em>Front. Mar. Sci.<\/em> 10: 1181437.<\/li><li>\u00d6zbek E.\u00d6., \u00c7ardak M., Kebap\u00e7io\u011flu T. 2015. Spatio-temporal patterns of abundance, biomass and length-weight relationships of Dasyatis species (Pisces: Dasyatidae) in the Gulf of Antalya, Turkey (Levantine Sea). <em>Journal of Black Sea\/Mediterranean Environment<\/em> 21(2): 169-190.<\/li><li>Ram\u00edrez-Amaro S., Ordines F., Esteban A., Garc\u00eda C., Guijarro B., Salmer\u00f3n F., Terrasa B., Massut\u00ed E. 2020. The diversity of recent trends for chondrichthyans in the Mediterranean reflects fishing exploitation and a potential evolutionary pressure towards early maturation. <em>Scientific Reports<\/em> 10(1): 1-18.<\/li><li>Soldo A., Lipej L. 2022. An Annotated Checklist and the Conservation Status of Chondrichthyans in the Adriatic. <em>Fishes<\/em>\u00a07(5): 245.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bathytoshia lata Common name: Brown Stingray, Roughtail StingrayOrder: Myliobatiformes Family: Dasyatidae Synonyms: Dasyatis lata, Trygon lataMisidentifications: Bathytoshia centroura Short description Very large species. Broad and rhombic disc with pectoral fin apex narrowly angular. Very thick trunk. Sharp thorns over its disc and tail in adults. 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