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Rhinobatos austini Ebert & Gon, 2017 Austin's guitarfish |
| Family: | Rhinobatidae (Guitarfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 115 cm TL (female) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic-neritic; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Western Indian Ocean: from southern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa to north of Bazaruto Island, central Mozambique. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: no prominent thorns or tubercles on dorsal surface; distinct colour pattern of paired spots of differing sizes, some forming darker transverse bands across its back; ventral surface colour mostly white, without distinctive patterning except for a prominent teardrop-shaped black blotch extending posteriorly from rostral tip to about midpoint anterior to upper mouth; nasal lamellae 61-63; upper jaw tooth count about ca. 83-93; post-synarcual centra 177-181; total vertebral segments 193-198;total pectoral skeleton radials 67-71 (Ref. 115561). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 24 April 2018 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||