Rhinobatos punctifer Spotted guitarfish

Rhinobatos punctifer is commonly referred to as Spotted guitarfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 5000 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

5537 

AphiaID:

213641 

Scientific:

Rhinobatos punctifer 

German:

Geigenrochen 

English:

Spotted Guitarfish 

Category:

Stingrays 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Rajiformes (Order) > Rhinobatidae (Family) > Rhinobatos (Genus) > punctifer (Species) 

Initial determination:

Compagno & Randall, 1987 

Occurrence:

Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Western Indian Ocean 

Size:

up to 31.5" (80 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Clam meat, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Lobster, Schrimps, Sepia, Snails, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

1099.89 gal (~ 5000L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Rhinobatos albomaculatus
• Rhinobatos annandalei
• Rhinobatos annulatus
• Rhinobatos blochii
• Rhinobatos cemiculus
• Rhinobatos formosensis
• Rhinobatos holcorhynchus
• Rhinobatos hynnicephalus
• Rhinobatos irvinei
• Rhinobatos jimbaranensis
• Rhinobatos leucospilus
• Rhinobatos lionotus
• Rhinobatos microphthalmus
• Rhinobatos nudidorsalis
• Rhinobatos obtusus
• Rhinobatos ocellatus
• Rhinobatos penggali
• Rhinobatos petiti
• 
  Rhinobatos punctifer
  Geigenrochen
• 
  Rhinobatos rhinobatos
  Geigenrochen
• Rhinobatos sainsburyi
• Rhinobatos salalah
• Rhinobatos schlegelii
• Rhinobatos spinosus
• Rhinobatos thouin
• Rhinobatos thouiniana
• Rhinobatos variegatus
• Rhinobatos whitei
• Rhinobatos zanzibarensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-05-28 13:57:12 

Last edit:

2013-05-28 13:57:12 

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