Rhina ancylostomus Bowmouth Guitarfish, Bow-mouthed Angel Fish, Great Shark Ray, Java Sea Shark Ray, Mud Skate, Shark Ray

Rhina ancylostomus is commonly referred to as Bowmouth Guitarfish, Bow-mouthed Angel Fish, Great Shark Ray, Java Sea Shark Ray, Mud Skate, Shark Ray. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

15093 

AphiaID:

148846 

Scientific:

Rhina ancylostomus 

German:

Rundkopf-Geigenrochen 

English:

Bowmouth Guitarfish, Bow-mouthed Angel Fish, Great Shark Ray, Java Sea Shark Ray, Mud Skate, Shark Ray 

Category:

Płaszczki 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Rhinopristiformes (Order) > Rhinobatidae (Family) > Rhina (Genus) > ancylostomus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bloch & Schneider, 1801 

Occurrence:

Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bahrain, Borneo (Kalimantan), China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, East Africa, Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Socotra Arch, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tasman Sea, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor Sea, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

3 - 90 Meter 

Size:

up to 118.11" (300 cm) 

Weight:

135 kg 

Temperature:

75.92 °F - 84.38 °F (24.4°C - 29.1°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Crustaceans, Predatory, Snails, Zoobenthos 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Critically endangered (CR) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Rhina ancylostoma

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Rhina ancylostomus
  Rundkopf-Geigenrochen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-08-13 21:06:11 

Last edit:

2022-08-14 13:26:32 

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