FB-69395 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69395 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Fluviphylacidae Fluviphylax Fluviphylax gouldingi Bragança, 2018 Ranong guitarfish 2021-03-17 2024-07-18 Last, P.R., B. Séret and G.J.P. Naylor0 Description of <i>Rhinobatos ranongensis</i> sp. nov.(Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal with a review of its northern Indian Ocean congeners. Zootaxa 4576(2):257-287. (Ref. 123963) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III valid from 11 January 2023 and 25 November 2023. UNEP. (Ref. 128078) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III. UNEP. (Ref. 131153) FB-GeneralDescr-69404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-04-06 00:00:00 2021-04-06 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69404 Caught individuals: males at 49.4 and 50.3 cm TL were immature and the largest female (51.1 cm TL) was most probably at late adolescent or early mature stage of development (Ref. 123963). Last, P.R., B. Séret and G.J.P. Naylor 2019 Description of <i>Rhinobatos ranongensis</i> sp. nov.(Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal with a review of its northern Indian Ocean congeners. Zootaxa 4576(2):257-287. (Ref. 123963) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-04-06 00:00:00 2021-04-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69404 This medium-sized species is distinguished by the following set of characters in adult male: disc is wedge-shaped and relatively narrow, its width 31-33% TL, length 1.3-1.4 times width; snout moderately elongate, its length 3.0–3.2 times interspiracular distance, 4.1-4.4 times interorbital width; orbit and spiracular openings are small, orbit diameter ~1.5 times spiracle length; nostrils weakly oblique, length 1.3-1.6 times internarial distance; mouth narrow, 5.4-6.0% TL; preoral length 6.3-6.9 times internarial distance; posterior nasal flaps are broad; spiracular folds 2, the outermost fold slightly taller than inner fold; ridges of rostral cartilage are almost parallel, converging anteriorly but not constricted medially; anterior cartilage is broadly sickle shaped, truncate posteriorly; gill slits and their interspaces are narrow, distance between fifth gill slits 3.0-3.2 times in ventral head length; prebranchial sensory pore system distinct, extending to just behind margin of first gill slit; postscapular sensory canal indistinct, deeply embedded, not forming shallow groove; thorn patches present on supraorbit and scapular region, and row along dorsal midline rudimentary, inconspicuous; denticles on dorsal fins are densest anteriorly, present but more sparse posteriorly; dorsal fins are small, height of first 5.4-6.2% TL; pelvic-fin inner margin subequal to its base length; interdorsal distance 2.9-3.3 times first dorsal-fin base; dorsal caudal margin 2.0-2.4 times the preventral margin; upper jaw with 68-82 tooth rows; snout angle 59-64°; pectoral radials 64-68; post-synarcual centra 172-176; nasal lamellae 47-48. Colouration: dorsal fins brownish anteriorly, dusky posteriorly; dorsal disc of adults largely uniformly brownish, no spots or obvious blotches; no large, black, teardrop marking on undersurface of snout (Ref. 123963) Last, P.R., B. Séret and G.J.P. Naylor 2019 Description of <i>Rhinobatos ranongensis</i> sp. nov.(Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal with a review of its northern Indian Ocean congeners. Zootaxa 4576(2):257-287. (Ref. 123963) FB-Distribution-69404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-04-06 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=69404 Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Sea, Myanmar and western Thailand. Last, P.R., B. Séret and G.J.P. Naylor 2019 Description of <i>Rhinobatos ranongensis</i> sp. nov.(Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal with a review of its northern Indian Ocean congeners. Zootaxa 4576(2):257-287. (Ref. 123963) FB-Size-69404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-04-06 00:00:00 2021-04-06 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69404 64.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 123963)); 51.1 cm TL (female) Last, P.R., B. Séret and G.J.P. Naylor 2019 Description of <i>Rhinobatos ranongensis</i> sp. nov.(Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal with a review of its northern Indian Ocean congeners. Zootaxa 4576(2):257-287. (Ref. 123963) 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-69404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-04-06 00:00:00 2021-04-06 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69404 demersal; marine; depth range 30 - 69 m (Ref. 123963) Last, P.R., B. Séret and G.J.P. Naylor 2019 Description of <i>Rhinobatos ranongensis</i> sp. nov.(Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal with a review of its northern Indian Ocean congeners. Zootaxa 4576(2):257-287. (Ref. 123963)