Smallnose Fanskate

Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205).

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 8.1 cm long and 4.6 cm wide (Ref. 41249). A common by-catch in the coastal and continental shelf bottom-trawl fisheries of the Argentine-Uruguayan Common Fishing Zone; also fished extensively by bottom longline (Ref. 54460).

The smallnose fanskate (Sympterygia bonapartii) is a species of fish in the family Arhynchobatidae. It is found off the coasts of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, and estuarine waters.