FB-68357 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68357 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Grallenia Grallenia solomonensis Allen & Erdmann, 2017 Austin's guitarfish 2017-09-04 2017-09-04 Ebert, D.A. and O. Gon0 <i>Rhinobatos austini</i> n. sp., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Southwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4276(2):204-214. (Ref. 115561) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III valid from 11 January 2023 and 25 November 2023. UNEP. (Ref. 128078) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III. UNEP. (Ref. 131153) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68366 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-09-25 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68366 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: no prominent thorns or tubercles on dorsal surface; distinct colour pattern of paired spots of differing sizes, some forming darker transverse bands across its back; ventral surface colour mostly white, without distinctive patterning except for a prominent teardrop-shaped black blotch extending posteriorly from rostral tip to about midpoint anterior to upper mouth; nasal lamellae 61-63; upper jaw tooth count about ca. 83-93; post-synarcual centra 177-181; total vertebral segments 193-198;total pectoral skeleton radials 67-71 (Ref. 115561). Ebert, D.A. and O. Gon 2017 <i>Rhinobatos austini</i> n. sp., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Southwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4276(2):204-214. (Ref. 115561) FB-Distribution-68366 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-09-23 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=68366 Western Indian Ocean: from southern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa to north of Bazaruto Island, central Mozambique. Ebert, D.A. and O. Gon 2017 <i>Rhinobatos austini</i> n. sp., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Southwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4276(2):204-214. (Ref. 115561) FB-Size-68366 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-09-23 00:00:00 2019-08-08 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68366 115 cm TL (female) Ebert, D.A. and O. Gon 2017 <i>Rhinobatos austini</i> n. sp., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Southwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4276(2):204-214. (Ref. 115561) 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-68366 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-09-23 00:00:00 2019-08-08 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68366 pelagic-neritic; marine