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Rhina ancylostoma 2🐟

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SpeciesRhinopristiformesRhinidae
Sharks & rays

🐟Bowmouth guitarfish

Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Der Rundkopf-Geigenrochen (Rhina ancylostoma), auch Bogenmaul-Geigenrochen oder Gitarrenfisch genannt, lebt im Roten Meer, im Indischen Ozean und im westlichen tropischen und subtropischen Pazifik von Südafrika bis Australien und Südjapan auf riffnahen Sand- und Schlammflächen in Tiefen von 3 bis 90 Metern. Die Art steht allein in der monotypischen Gattung Rhina und der Unterfamilie Rhininae.

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Also called
Bowmouth Wedgefish, Mud Skate, Shark Ray
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderRhinopristiformes
  5. ›familyRhinidae
  6. ›genusRhina
  7. ›speciesRhina ancylostoma
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  1. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  2. superorderBatoidea
  3. familyRhinidae
  4. genusRhina
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
  8. superorderBatoidea
  9. familyRhinidae
  10. genusRhina
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圆犁头鳐 (zh), シノノメサカタザメ (ja), ปลากระเบนท้องน้ำ (th), Rundkopf-Geigenrochen (de), Rhina ancylostoma (fr), 목탁수구리 (ko) … and 17 more languages
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