Common shovelnose ray

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Common shovelnose ray

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Family: Glaucostegidae
Genus: Glaucostegus
Species:
G. typus
Binomial name
Glaucostegus typus
(Anonymous, referred to E. T. Bennett, 1830)[3]
Synonyms
  • Glaucostegus microphthalmus (Teng, 1959)
  • Rhinobatos typus Anonymous [Bennett], 1830

The common shovelnose ray, giant shovelnose ray or giant guitarfish

estuaries and reportedly also in freshwaters.[1][3][4] It reaches up to 2.7 m (8.9 ft) in length, and is greyish-brown to yellowish-brown above with a paler snout.[4]

This species has been tested for

elasmobranch.[5]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T104061138A68623995.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Glaucostegus typus" in FishBase. July 2017 version.
  4. ^
    ISBN 9780643109148
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  5. PMID 22116761
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