Bluntnose guitarfish
| Bluntnose guitarfish | |
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| A female juvenile A. blochii preserved in alcohol | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: | Rhinobatidae |
| Genus: | Acroteriobatus |
| Species: | A. blochii
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| Binomial name | |
| Acroteriobatus blochii J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841
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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
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b Bailly, Nicolas (19 July 2017). "Acroteriobatus blochii (Müller & Henle, 1841)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ 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.
External links
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