WoRMS taxon details
Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 217378
AphiaID: 217378
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Rhinobatidae (Family) > Rhynchobatinae (Subfamily) > Rhynchobatus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Rhynchobatus Müller & Henle, 1837 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Raja djiddensis Forsskål, 1775 Rhinchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Rhinobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) Rhinobatus maculata Ehrenberg, 1829 Rhynchobatus djeddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Rhynchobatus djiddenis (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Rhynchobatus djidensis (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Rhyncobatis djeddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Rhyncobatus djeddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Rhyncobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Rynchobatus djiddensis australiae Whitley, 1939 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Rhynchobatus djiddensis australiae Whitley, 1939 accepted as Rhynchobatus australiae Whitley, 1939 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 19 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Inhabits close inshore and shallow estuaries, from the surfline down to 30 m. Feeds on crabs, lobsters,squids, bivalves and small fishes. Males mature at 156 cm while females at 177 cm off East Africa (Ref. 1602). Ovoviviparous. Bears about 4 young in summer, 60 cm in length. Takes crayfish and pilchard bait. Flesh with excellent taste. Utilized fresh and dried/salted (Ref. 9987). [details] Spelling: Spelled R. djeddensis in <130>. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217378 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217378 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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