Author: (Lütken, 1887)
FBname: Round ray
Comments: Found in deeper shelf and slope waters, in 3-5.5°C  water temperature (6902).  Benthic (Ref. 58426).  Feed on all kinds of bottom animals with preference for invertebrates (Ref. 3167) like copepods, amphipods and mysids (Ref. 6902).  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 3.8-4.2 cm long and 2.4-2.6 cm wide (Ref. 41303, 41251, 41301).  It is captured at low level by-catch in bottom-trawl and longline fisheries (Ref. 117245).