[3] Clearnose skates are easily identified by the translucent patches on either side of their snouts and their mottled dorsal surface.

The clearnose skate's range then extends around the Florida peninsula to the eastern and north portions of the Gulf of Mexico.

[9] The diet of clearnose skates includes crustaceans and molluscs, such as shrimp and fiddler crabs, as well as small fish.

Like other batoids, clearnose skates exhibit walking, or "punting," along the benthic substrate using their modified pelvic fins.

[14] Orientation and position of the skate, whether during swimming, punting, or hunting, is determined using neuromasts, which are a primary component of the lateral line.

[15] The courtship ritual of clearnose skates was observed and well-documented by Luer and Gilbert:[16] Typically the male grasps the trailing edge of the female's pectoral fin in his jaws when both are resting on their ventral surface in the pool or tank .

The process of insertion is slow and methodical during which time the male repeatedly thrusts his clasper slowly forward up into the female's genital tract .

Sometimes it takes an hour or more before the clasper is fully inserted.Clearnose skates are oviparous, and therefore they lay fertilized eggs, commonly referred to as Mermaid's purses.

The shorter posterior horns follow and enable the egg case to anchor to the substrate, as they are covered in a sticky substance.

As it develops, a small hole (called the respiratory canal) along the base of the horns opens, allowing seawater to enter the case.

[16] Embryonic clearnose skates demonstrate a ventilatory freeze response when a weak low-frequency electric field is imposed upon the egg capsule.

Eventually, the embryo grows too large for the egg case, and will then break free by extending its pectoral fins and tail.