Review of three southwestern Indian Ocean species of Rhinobatos (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) [PDF]
Endangered Species ResearchThe shark-like rays (Rhinopristiformes) are among the most threatened species of cartilaginous fishes. The guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) are one of 5 families in the order, with 62% of species assessed as Vulnerable or higher by the International Union for
Seret Bernard, David A Ebert
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Diet of the chola guitarfish, Rhinobatos percellens (Rhinobatidae), in the Paranaguá Estuarine complex [PDF]
Anais Da Academia Brasileira De Ciencias, 2015 The chola guitarfish, Rhinobatos percellens, is one of the most-captured batoids on the Brazilian coast, and an important predator of benthic community. Stomachs from R. percellens were sampled in the Paranaguá estuarine complex (March/2006 to March/2007
Hugo Bornatowski, Elton Oliveira
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Feeding of guitarfish Rhinobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1972) (Elasmobranchii, Rhinobatidae), the target of artisanal fishery in Southern Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 2010 Rhinobatos percellens is one of three species of Rhinobatidae found on Brazilian shores and is one of the most abundant species on the shallow continental shelf of Paraná and Santa Catarina States.
Hugo Bornatowski
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Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, 2018 Neonchocotyle violantei n. sp. (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) infects the gill of the Atlantic guitarfish, Pseudobatos lentiginosus (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinobatidae) from littoral waters of Celestún, Yucatán, Mexico.
Griselda Pulido-Flores, Scott Monks
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Age and growth of Zapteryx brevirostris (Elasmobranchii: Rhinobatidae) in southern Brazil [PDF]
Neotropical Ichthyology, 2018 Age and growth studies are fundamental to successful fisheries management. Zapteryx brevirostris (Müller & Henle, 1841) is distributed off the Brazilian continental shelf and this species is assessed as “Vulnerable” in the Red List of the International ...
Luis Fernando Favaro, Rui Coelho
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Population productivity of shovelnose rays: Inferring the potential for recovery. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 There is recent evidence of widespread declines of shovelnose ray populations (Order Rhinopristiformes) in heavily fished regions. These declines, which are likely driven by high demand for their fins in Asian markets, raises concern about their risk of ...
Brooke M D'Alberto +3 more
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Neotropical Ichthyology, 2021 The guitarfishes Pseudobatos horkelii and Pseudobatos percellens meet the criteria for threatened status as Critically Endangered (CR) and Endangered (EN), respectively. Both species occur in the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
Giovana Silva Ribeiro +2 more
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First record of a single-clasper specimen of Pseudobatos percellens (Elasmobranchii: Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Caribbean Sea, Venezuela [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, 2018 Documented cases of abnormalities in elasmobranchs worldwide are more often reported for sharks than their close relatives, the skates and rays. This report confirms the occurrence of a chola guitarfish, Pseudobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1792), caught off
Ehemann Nicolas Roberto
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Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 2015 This is the first report of morphological anomaly in embryos of Zapteryx brevirostris (Lesser guitarfish), a very common species in Brazil. The gills were absent, and the pectoral fins were not fully formed nor were they completely fused to the head ...
Luis Fernando Favaro
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Revision of the fossil batomorphs from the Cretaceous of Lebanon, and their impact on our understanding of the early step of the evolution of the clade [PDF]
Research & Knowledge, 2017 Lebanon is endowed with its outstanding preservation lagerstätten of fossil fish from the Upper Cretaceous. The batomorphs are represented by 16 species of Rajiformes belonging to 9 genera and 4 families however, their phylogeny remains poorly understood.
Georges Kachacha +3 more
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