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Zanobatus maculatus Séret, 2016 Maculate panray |
| Family: | Zanobatidae (Panrays) | |||
| Max. size: | 35.9 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine; depth range 1 - 30 m | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Central Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea, from Ivory Coast to Gabon. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished from its congener (Zanobatus schoenleinii) by the following combination of characters: dorsal surface of disc is brownish to reddish brown, with numerous dark brown blotches, and sometimes surrounded by a network of whitish dots; the ventral surface of disc is pale creamy white or orange-brown, with conspicuous dark brown posterolateral margins; the crown of dermal denticles of dorsal surface spearhead-shaped; dorsal surface with enlarged thorny denticles are more numerous and stronger, in parallel rows on trunk and in concentric semi-circular rows on pectoral fins; tooth rows in upper jaw 54-64 ; predorsal vertebrae 36-44 (mode 39) (Ref. 116736). | |||
| Biology: | Lives mostly on sandy bottoms (Ref. 116736). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 04 August 2020 (A2d) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||