FB-69244 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69244 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Eupercaria/misc Labridae Pseudojuloides Pseudojuloides crux Tea, Gill & Senou, 2020 Japanese wedgefish Mononoke-tongarisakatazame 2020-10-29 2024-08-12 Koeda, K., M. Itou, M. Yamada and H. Motomura0 Rhynchobatus mononoke, a new species of wedgefish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinidae) from Japan, with comments on Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch and Schneider 1801). Ichthyol. Res. 68:223-238. (Ref. 123186) CITES, UNEP-WCMC0 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 28 August 2020. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. https://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php [Accessed 4 January 2020]. (Ref. 123416) FB-GeneralDescr-69253 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-31 00:00:00 2020-10-31 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69253 This species is currently known only from nearshore to offshore waters and have been collected by set net from 15-35 m, but was also reported to have been taken at 135 m by bottom trawl. Based on photos of landed individuals, this species probably attains close to 3 m TL. The captive female individual held for at least 15 years in the Kagoshima City Aquarium reached to 2 m TL. This wedgefish is occasionally landed at fish markets in Kagoshima Prefecture and used for culinary purpose. Reported catches of the species were very rare in the East China Sea and is apparently restricted distribution and increasing rarity indicate that the species should immediately be included in the IUCN Red List CR “Critically Endangered” category, together with other congeners (Ref. 123186). Koeda, K., M. Itou, M. Yamada and H. Motomura 2020 Rhynchobatus mononoke, a new species of wedgefish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinidae) from Japan, with comments on Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch and Schneider 1801). Ichthyol. Res. 68:223-238. (Ref. 123186) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69253 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-31 00:00:00 2020-10-31 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69253 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: snout obtusely wedge shaped, angle ca. 52-57°; preoral length 17.4-17.9% TL, prespiracular length 19.3-19.5%; interdorsal space 16.7-17.9%; total pectoral-fn radials 54-56; total free vertebral centra 136-144; tooth rows on upper jaw ca. 54-66; no spines on snout; outer fold on posterior margin of spiracle is more pronounced than inner fold; pre-first dorsal-fin length 46.4-48.6%; apex of dorsal fins bluntly rounded; origin of first dorsal fn about level with the pelvic-fin origin; middle of pectoral disc with a spiracle-sized black blotch followed by a single white spot (rarely absent) posterodorsally; distal region of pectoral disc to mid-dorsal area without distinct white spots; a single blotch below the eye is usually absent; anterior half of undersurface covered with a rounded black blotch; near the snout tip, a pair of small distinct black spots (Ref. 123186). Koeda, K., M. Itou, M. Yamada and H. Motomura 2020 Rhynchobatus mononoke, a new species of wedgefish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinidae) from Japan, with comments on Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch and Schneider 1801). Ichthyol. Res. 68:223-238. (Ref. 123186) FB-Distribution-69253 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-31 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69253 Northwest Pacific: southern Japan. Koeda, K., M. Itou, M. Yamada and H. Motomura 2020 Rhynchobatus mononoke, a new species of wedgefish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinidae) from Japan, with comments on Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch and Schneider 1801). Ichthyol. Res. 68:223-238. (Ref. 123186) FB-Size-69253 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-31 00:00:00 2020-10-31 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69253 130 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 123186)); 200 cm TL (female) Koeda, K., M. Itou, M. Yamada and H. Motomura 2020 Rhynchobatus mononoke, a new species of wedgefish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinidae) from Japan, with comments on Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch and Schneider 1801). Ichthyol. Res. 68:223-238. (Ref. 123186) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69253 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-10-31 00:00:00 2020-10-31 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69253 pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range 15 - 136 m (Ref. 123186) Koeda, K., M. Itou, M. Yamada and H. Motomura 2020 Rhynchobatus mononoke, a new species of wedgefish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinidae) from Japan, with comments on Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch and Schneider 1801). Ichthyol. Res. 68:223-238. (Ref. 123186)