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Glaucostegus spinosus (Günther, 1870)

Spiny guitarfish
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Mexico country information

Common names: Guitarra espinosa, Spiny guitarfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Bahía de La Paz, southern Baja California (Ref. 28767).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Castro-Aguirre, J.L. and H. Espinosa Perez, 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Guitarra espinosa, Pigget guitarfisk, Veelstekelgitaarrog, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (sharks and rays) > Rhinopristiformes (Shovelnose rays) > Glaucostegidae (Giant guitarfishes)
Etymology:   More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas demersal.   Tropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas da FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Eastern Central Pacific: Bahía de La Paz, southern Baja California, Mexico. Possibly young of some other species (Ref. 35766).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.0 cm macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 6902)

Descrição suscinta Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Snout white. Mouth nearly straight. Rostral ridges confluent, very narrow, with a small and short groove at base and with spines. Entire upper surface rough (Ref. 6902).

Biologia     Glossário (p.ex. epibenthic)

Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Size is based on original stuffed specimen, now in British Museum (Ref. 6902).

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Exhibit ovoviparity (aplacental viviparity), with embryos feeding initially on yolk, then receiving additional nourishment from the mother by indirect absorption of uterine fluid enriched with mucus, fat or protein through specialised structures (Ref. 50449).

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Castro-Aguirre, J.L. and H. Espinosa Perez, 1996. Listados faunísticos de México. VII. Catálogo sistemático de las rayas y especies afines de México. (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes: Batoideiomorpha). Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico. 75 p. (Ref. 28767)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)

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