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Glaucostegus cemiculus (Blackchin guitarfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The blackchin guitarfish (Rhinobatos cemiculus or sometimes Glaucostegus cemiculus) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Rhinobatidae. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a bottom-dwelling fish feeding on crustaceans, other invertebrates and fish. The females give birth to live young. Its lifestyle makes it vulnerable to trawling and other fishing methods, populations seem to be declining and it is subject to intensive fishing pressure, with its fins being sold into the Asian market. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being "endangered".
View Wikipedia Record: Glaucostegus cemiculus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Glaucostegus cemiculus

Prey / Diet

Citharus linguatula (Spotted flounder)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Raja brachyura (Blond ray)1

Consumers

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1"Diet of two selachians common to the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia): Rhinobatos rhinobatos (Linnè, 1758) and Rhinobatos cemiculus (Geoffroy Sainte-Hilarie, 1817)", Capapé C, Zaouali J., Arch Inst Pasteur Tunis. 1979 Sep; 56(3):285-306.
2Pollerspöck, 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;
3Gibson, 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