Rhinobatos rhinobatos Common guitarfish

Rhinobatos rhinobatos is commonly referred to as Common guitarfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Geigenrochen (Rhinobatos rhinobatos)

Geigenrochen (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) mit Blauflossenmakrele (Caranx melanpygus) darüber. Rotes Meer

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Scientific:: Rhinobatos rhinobatos
German:: Geigenrochen
English:: Common Guitarfish

Category:: Rockor

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Rajiformes (Order) > Rhinobatidae (Family) > Rhinobatos (Genus) > rhinobatos (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Straße von Gibraltar, West Sahara, Ghana, Benin, Algeria, Angola, Bay of Biscay, Cameroon, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Israel, Morocco, Nigeria, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, West Africa
Sea depth:: 0 - 100 Meter
Size:: 31.5" - 57.87" (80cm - 147cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C)
Food:: Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Rock lobster, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sepia, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Endangered (EN)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Rhinobatos albomaculatus
Rhinobatos annandalei
Rhinobatos annulatus
Rhinobatos blochii
Rhinobatos cemiculus
Rhinobatos formosensis
Rhinobatos holcorhynchus
Rhinobatos hynnicephalus
Rhinobatos irvinei
Rhinobatos jimbaranensis
Rhinobatos leucospilus
Rhinobatos lionotus
Rhinobatos microphthalmus
Rhinobatos nudidorsalis
Rhinobatos obtusus
Rhinobatos ocellatus
Rhinobatos penggali
Rhinobatos petiti
Rhinobatos punctifer
Geigenrochen
Rhinobatos rhinobatos
Geigenrochen
Rhinobatos sainsburyi
Rhinobatos salalah
Rhinobatos schlegelii
Rhinobatos spinosus
Rhinobatos thouin
Rhinobatos thouiniana
Rhinobatos variegatus
Rhinobatos whitei
Rhinobatos zanzibarensis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-12-26 13:31:19
Last edit:: 2020-03-05 23:31:05

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(Linnaeus, 1758)

Special thanks to Christian Coudre, France, merci.

IUCN Red List: Endangered

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: southern Bay of Biscay to Angola, including Mediterranean Sea.

Biology:
Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms, from the intertidal zone to about 100 m. Sometimes near rocky reefs. Slow swimming over bottom or partially buried. Feeds on benthic invertebrates and fishes.
Ovoviviparous, one or two litters per year with 4-10 embryos.

Synonymised taxa:
Leiobatus panduratus Rafinesque, 1810
Raia columnae Blainville, 1816
Raja rhinobatos Linnaeus, 1758
Rhinobatus columnae Bonaparte, 1836
Rhinobatus duhameli Blainville, 1825
Rhinobatus rhinobatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Squatinoraja colonna Nardo, 1824

External links

Cote bleu Christian Coudre (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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