White-spotted guitarfish

For the other species also known as the white-spotted guitarfish, see Rhynchobatus australiae.
Rhinobatos albomaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Rhinobatos
Species: R. albomaculatus
Binomial name
Rhinobatos albomaculatus
Norman, 1930

The white-spotted guitarfish (Rhinobatos albomaculatus) is a type of ray. It is found in the eastern Atlantic from the Gulf of Guinea to Angola.[2] It reaches a length of approximately 75 cm.[2]

References

  1. G. H. Burgess & R. D. Cavanagh (2008). Rhinobatos albomaculatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Rhinobatos albomaculatus" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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