Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Rhinopristiformes > Glaucostegidae > Glaucostegus > Glaucostegus typus

Glaucostegus typus (Shovelnose shark; Shovelnose ray; Green shovelnose ray; Giant shovelnose ray; Common shovelnose ray; Brown shovelnose ray; Bennet's shovelnose guitarfish; Austalian guitarfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The common shovelnose ray or giant shovelnose ray (Glaucostegus typus) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family found near Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, and estuarine waters. This species has been tested for colour vision using choice experiments that control for brightness. It is the first rigorous behvioural evidence for colour vision in any elasmobranch.
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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
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♦ 1Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0