Giant shovelnose ray
Glaucostegus typus
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A large guitarfish from the central Indo-Pacific, from India to the East China Sea, the Solomon Islands and northern Australia. It lives in coastal waters, mangroves and estuaries. It reaches 2.7 metres. Critically endangered.
- Scientific name
- Glaucostegus typus
- Family
- Glaucostegidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Brackish
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Glaucostegidae
- Order
- Rhinopristiformes
- Synonyms
- Rhinobatos armatus, Rhinobatos batillium, Rhinobatos batillum, Rhinobatos typus, Rhinobatus armatus, Rhinobatus batillum, Rhinobatus granulatus, Rhinobatus typus
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania, Ásia
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 270 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Carnivore
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Livebearer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Critically endangered (CR)
- CITES appendix
- Appendix II
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