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Rhynchobatus luebberti (African wedgefish; Spikenose wedgefish)

Synonyms: Rhynchobatus atlanticus; Rhynchobatus lubberti; Rhynchobatus lubertii
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Wikipedia Abstract

The African wedgefish, guitarra, Lubbert's guitarfish, or spikenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus luebberti) is a species of fish in the Rhynchobatidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, coral reefs, estuarine waters, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss and poachers。
View Wikipedia Record: Rhynchobatus luebberti

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Rhynchobatus luebberti

Prey / Diet

Callechelys leucoptera (Snake eel)[1]

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.
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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