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Acroteriobatus andysabini Weigmann, Ebert & Séret, 2021

Malagasy blue-spotted guitarfish
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Madagascar country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Acroteriobatus andysabini, Fort Dauphin, Douane Beach. Known from off Tôlanaro, Anosy region, and Cape Andavaka (southeastern Madagascar), Toliara and Ankilibe (southwestern portion), and Antongil Bay (northeastern part); from shallow coastal waters to at least 80 m (Ref. 124452).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Weigmann, S., D.A. Ebert, B. Séret, 2021
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Common names from other countries

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Elasmobranchii (haaien en roggen) (sharks and rays) > Rhinopristiformes (Shovelnose rays) > Rhinobatidae (Guitarfishes)
Etymology: andysabini: Named for Andy Sabin for his gracious support of the Lost Sharks project at the Pacific Shark Research Center..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

marien demersaal; diepte 0 - 80 m (Ref. 124452).   Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar (probably endemic).

Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 124452)

Korte beschrijving Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie

This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: dorsal surface is smooth, no prominent thorns or tubercles, except for enlarged granular denticles partially around orbital rims and irregularly distributed along midline from nape to somewhat anterior to first dorsal-fin origin; absent between dorsal fins and upper caudal fin; snout semi-translucent with elongated bluish-gray spots giving a 'stripe-nosed' appearance, with numerous small bluish-gray spots covering disc and pectoral, pelvic, dorsal, and caudal fins on a brown background with larger, slightly darker, indistinct brown spots covering the tail and fin bases; outer edges of pelvic-fin margins are white, lateral tail folds striped orange and white; ventral surface white, except for a V-shape pattern of faint to dark speckled black spots on snout tip; nasal lamellae 42-48; upper jaw tooth row count ca. 80-87; post-synarcual centra 179-185; total vertebral segments 195-200; total pectoral skeleton radials 64-68 (Ref. 124452).

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthic)

Occurs in shallow coastal waters to at least 80 m. All juvenile specimeans ranging in size from 17.7 - 60.3 cm TL, the size at birth ca. 18 cm TL and based on unretained specimens, this species grows to more than 100 cm TL (Ref. 124452).

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Weigmann, S., D.A. Ebert, B. Séret, 2021. Resolution of the Acroteriobatus leucospilus species complex, with a redescription of A. leucospilus (Norman, 1926) and descriptions of two new western Indian Ocean species of Acroteriobatus (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinobatidae). Marine Biodiversity (2021):51:58. (Ref. 124452)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)


CITES (Ref. 128078)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00295 (0.00151 - 0.00578), b=3.13 (2.96 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179):  laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 4,5-14 jaar (Preliminary low fecundity).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (60 of 100).