Bathytoshia centroura ( Mitchill, 1815 )

Jones, Christian M., Driggers Iii, William B., Hannan, Kristin M., Hoffmayer, Eric R., Jones, Lisa M. & Raredon, Sandra J., 2020, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea, Zootaxa 4803 (2), pp. 281-315 : 297

Bathytoshia centroura ( Mitchill, 1815) —roughtail stingray

Synonyms:

Dasyatis centroura ( Mitchill, 1815)

Dasybatus centroura ( Mitchill, 1815)

Dasybatus marinus Garman, 1913

Pastinaca acantura Gronow, 1854

Pastinaca centroura ( Mitchill, 1815)

Pastinaca hastata DeKay, 1842

Raja centroura Mitchill, 1815

Trigon centroura ( Mitchill, 1815)

Distribution. In the northern GOM, this species occurs from southern Florida to the Texas/ Mexico border. It is usually reported from waters 9 to 100 m in depth in the northern GOM, although NMFS SEFSC trawl surveys have captured them as deep as 130m.

First Record in GOM. The first recorded capture of this species in the northern GOM was by Springer and Bullis (1956). Individuals were captured aboard the RV Oregon on either side of the mouth of the Mississippi River in approximately 55m of water.

Remarks. The genus Bathytoshia Whitley, 1933 was formerly considered a junior synonym of Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 until resurrected by Last et al. (2016) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Eastern Atlantic specimens formerly attributed to this species are now considered a separate species, Bathytoshia lata ( Garman, 1880) , with Bathytoshia centroura being restricted to the western Atlantic.

Conservation Status. Least Concern (when assessed together with Bathytoshia lata from the eastern Atlantic).