Raja eglanteria és una espècie de peix de la família dels raids i de l'ordre dels raïformes.

Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 65 cm de longitud total.FishBase Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels i M.D. Grosslein, 2000. Food of northwest Atlantic fishes and two common species of squid. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NE 155, 138 p.

Reproducció És ovípar i els ous tenen com a banyes a la closca.

Alimentació Menja principalment crustacis decàpodes, bivalves, poliquets, calamars i peixos.Stehmann, M. i J.D. McEachran, 1978. Rajidae. A: W. Fischer (ed.) FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fishery Purposes. West Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). vol. 5. (pag. var.). FAO, Roma.

Depredadors Als Estats Units és depredat per Odontaspis taurus.FishBase

Hàbitat És un peix de clima subtropical (48°N-22°N, 91°W-59°W) i demersal.

Distribució geogràfica Es troba a l'oceà Atlàntic occidental: des de Massachusetts fins al sud de Florida i l'est i el nord del Golf de Mèxic.Smith, C.L., 1997. National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Nova York, Estats Units. 720 p.Bigelow, H.B. i W.C. Schroeder, 1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Fish. Bull. 53:1-577.Cervigón, F. i W. Fischer, 1979. INFOPESCA. Catálogo de especies marinas de interés económico actual o potencial para América Latina. Parte 1. Atlántico centro y suroccidental. FAO/UNDP, SIC/79/1. 372 p. FAO, Roma.Fitz, E. i F. Daiber, 1963. An introduction to the biology of Raja eglanteria Bosc, 1802 and Raja erinacea Mitchell, 1825 as they occur in Delaware Bay. Bull. Bingham Ocean Coll. 18(3):69-97.Funicelli, N.A., 1972. Egg cases of cartilaginous fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Long Island University. 57 p. M.S. thesis.Hargis, W.J., 1955. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes. Part V. The superfamily Capsaloidea. Trans. Am. Micro. Soc. 74(3):203-225.Humann, P., 1994. Reef fish identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, Estats Units. 426 p.Robins, C.R. i G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Estats Units. 354 p.

Observacions És inofensiu per als humans.

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