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Acroteriobatus annulatus (Guitarfish; Lesser guitarfish; Lesser sandshark; Sandshark)

Synonyms: Rhinobatos annulatus; Rhinobatus annulatus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The lesser guitarfish or lesser sandshark (Rhinobatos annulatus) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is found in Angola, Namibia, South Africa, and possibly Mozambique. Its natural habitats are shallow seas and estuarine waters. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Acroteriobatus annulatus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Acroteriobatus annulatus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve II 256073 Western Cape, South Africa  
Tsitsikamma National Park II 34343 Southern Cape, South Africa  

Predators

Carcharhinus brachyurus (Shark)[1]
Carcharhinus limbatus (Spot-fin ground shark)[1]
Carcharhinus obscurus (Whaler shark)[1]
Carcharias taurus (Spotted sand tiger shark)[2]
Notorynchus cepedianus (Tiger shark)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Echinobothrium dougbermani[3]
Gnathia pantherina[3]
Neoheterocotyle robii[3]
Pseudoleptobothrium christisoni[3]
Trichodina rhinobatae[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2The diet of the ragged-tooth shark Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, MJ Smale, African Journal of Marine Science 2005, 27(1): 331–335
♦ 3Pollerspöck, 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;
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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