Bluntnose guitarfish

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Bluntnose guitarfish
Acroteriobatus blochii female juvenile alcohol-preserved MNHN-IC-0000-3473.jpg
A female juvenile A. blochii preserved in alcohol
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Family: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Acroteriobatus
Species:
A. blochii
Binomial name
Acroteriobatus blochii
Synonyms [2]
  • Rhinobatos blochii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
  • Rhinobatos blochii Müller & Henle, 1841
  • Rhinobatus blochii Müller & Henle, 1841

The bluntnose guitarfish or fiddlefish (Acroteriobatus blochii) is a species of ray in the family Rhinobatidae. [2] It found in Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. [1] Its natural habitats are shallow seas and estuarine waters. [1] It is potentially threatened by habitat loss owing to diamond mining on the Namibian coast. [1] A. blochii is frequently misidentified as and closely related to A. annulatus. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pollom, R.; Bennett, R.; Da Silva, C.; Ebert, D.A.; Leslie, R.; McCord, M.E.; Winker, H. (2019). "Acroteriobatus blochii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T60164A124446536. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60164A124446536.en . Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 Bailly, Nicolas (19 July 2017). "Acroteriobatus blochii (Müller & Henle, 1841)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  3. ↑ van Staden, Michaela; Ebert, David A.; da Silva, Charlene; Bester-van der Merwe, Aletta Elizabeth (December 2022). "Comparative analyses of the complete mitochondrial genomes of two southern African endemic guitarfish, Acroteriobatus annulatus and A. blochii". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules . 223 (A): 1094–1106. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.10.285. PMID   36372109.
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