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Rhinobatos blochii (Fiddlefish)
Müller & Henle, 1841
Life
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Rhinobatos blochii (Fiddlefish) [Illustration
by Ann Hecht ©] |
Identification
A flattened guitarfish with a blunt, broadly
pointed snout and broad pectoral disk, upper surface plain brown,
except for a few white spots in young.
Size
Attains 96 cm TL.
Range
West coast, Walvis Bay to Cape Point. Endemic.
Habitat and
Biology
Virtually unknown. Rare to uncommon.
Human Impact
Unknown.
Text by Leonard J.V. Compagno, David A. Ebert
and Malcolm J. Smale
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