Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Rhinopristiformes > Rhinobatidae > Rhinobatos > Rhinobatos annandalei

Rhinobatos annandalei (Annandale's guitarfish; Annandale's shovelnose ray; Bengal guitarfish)

Synonyms: Rhinobatus annandalei
Language: Dutch; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The Annandale's guitarfish (Rhinobatos annandalei) is a type of ray. It is found in the Indian ocean around India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and possibly the Persian Gulf. It is predominantly found in the marine waters, but also enters the brackish waters and freshwater rivers as well. It reaches a length of approximately 56 cm. They are ovoviviparous fishes.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhinobatos annandalei

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Rhinobatos annandalei

Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
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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