Glaucostegus thouin

(Anonymous, 1798)


Clubnose guitarfish
Classification: Elasmobranchii Rhinopristiformes Glaucostegidae

Reference of the original description
Anonymous (1798)
[Review of] Tome I of 'Histoire naturelle des poissons' by Lacepède (1798). Allgemeine Literatur–Zeitung, 3(287), 673–678

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Images of the original description (synonym)
Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Glaucostegus thouini, Raja thouin, Raja thouiniana, Rhinobatis thouini, Rhinobatos thouin, Rhinobatos thouini, Rhinobatos thouiniana, Rhinobatos thouinianus, Rhinobatos (Glaucostegus) thouin, Rhinobatos (Platipornax) thouin, Rhinobatus thouini, Rhinobatus thouiniana, Rhinobatus (Rhinobatus) ligonifer, Rhinobatus (Rhinobatus) thouini

Types
Glaucostegus thouin

Rhinobatos thouin
Syntype: MNHN: ? A-7950
Rhinobatos thouiniana
XXXX: No types known;
Rhinobatus (Rhinobatus) ligonifer
Syntype: BMNH: 1860.3.19.359; BMNH: 1860.3.19.543;


Description :


Citation: Glaucostegus thouin (Anonymous, 1798): In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 03/2024

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Common names
deu \(T\) Geigenrochen, eng Clubnose guitarfish, eng Shaw"s shovel nose guitarfish, eng Thouin ray

Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to New Guinea, north to Japan. Australian and old records from the Mediterranean Sea and Suriname need confirmation. Source: www.gbif.org

Human uses
fisheries: commercial

Biology
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 [733]. Found inshore (Ref. 9909) and offshore (Ref. 58784). A carnivorous fish that feeds on large shellfishes (Ref. 58784).

Size / Weight / Age
300 cm TL (male/unsexed; [2539])

Habitat
benthopelagic; marine

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=11726; CITES: (see: Protected Species for more details) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speciesof Wild Fauna and Flora annex: II; Council Regulation 2017/160 annex: B

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Monogenea
  • Empruthotrema dasyatidis Whittington & Kearn, 1992 [7581]
  • Mycteronastes icopae (Beverley-Burton & Williams, 1989) [15785]

Cestoda
  • Dollfusiella michiae (Southwell, 1929) [19694]
  • Dollfusiella spinulifera (Beveridge & Jones, 2000) [21816]
  • Echinobothrium sematanense Ivanov & Caira, 2012 [15660] [19536]
  • Floriparicapitus plicatilis Cielocha, Jensen & Caira, 2014 [21566]
  • Floriparicapitus sp. [23959]
  • Parachristianella indonesiensis Palm, 2004 [21816]
  • Prochristianella clarkeae Beveridge, 1990 [17404] [21816]

Hirudinea