Bluntnose guitarfish

Bluntnose guitarfish

Taxobox
name = Bluntnose guitarfish


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Rhinobatidae
genus = "Rhinobatos"
species = "R. blochii"
binomial = "Rhinobatos blochii"
binomial_authority = Müller & Henle, 1841
synonyms =
The bluntnose guitarfish or fiddlefish ("Rhinobatos blochii") is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is found in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitats are shallow seas and estuarine waters. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Burgess, G.H. & Marshall, A.D. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60164/all Rhinobatos blochii] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.


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