Hello everyone,
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| Skate egg found by Dr. Woodall last year |
I have decided to take my project in a new direction and focus on the collection and identification of skate eggs that have washed up on shore. A possible topic I am thinking about is mapping the location of eggs and then trying to catch that species of skate to see if the skate lay its eggs in the same habitat in which it lives, or do skates find a safer place to lay eggs, or do skates lay their eggs wherever they happen to be . A problem with this is the location of eggs that have washed upon shore is probably no where near where they were laid, so maybe I can determine how long they have been where they are, then look at the tides and try and track the eggs backward getting a rough idea as to where it came from, then fish there.
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Possible ID of egg found by Dr. Woodall. This is a Clearnose
skate (Raja eglanteria) |
This is a very rough idea more research will be needed to see if this is feasible. I am currently looking at skates found in Florida and their reproduction patterns, egg morphology, habitat and biology but am not comfortable posting anything just yet so I will more than likely make an extra post this weekend with some basic information on the specific specie(s) of skates I will be researching.
Hopefully we will catch some skates this Friday at our shark ID lab to give me a good idea if this could work of not!
Picture provided by; Florida Museum of Natural History
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/index.php?cID=2110
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