FB-69580 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69580 Animalia Chordata Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Pentanchidae Apristurus Apristurus manocheriani Cordova & Ebert, 2021 2021-12-09 2024-08-16 ECoF, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes0 Catalog of Fishes. 1985 - onwards. <b>CITATION NOT TO BE USED OUTSIDE FISHBASE. SEE REMARKS</b>. Authorship varies in time: Eschmeyer, W.N.; Fricke, R.; Van der Laan, R. Web database. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp (Ref. 123477) Habib, K.A. and M.J. Islam0 Description of a new species of giant guitarfish, <i>Glaucostegus younholeei</i> sp. nov. (Rhinopristiformes: Glaucostegidae) from the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Zootaxa 4995(1):129-146. (Ref. 125646) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. <https://www.iucnredlist.org/>. Downloaded 10 Jan 2023. (Ref. 126983) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69589 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-01-13 00:00:00 2022-01-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69589 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body brownish or greyish with a narrowly wedge-shaped disc; a long narrow bluntly pointed snout (angle 31-40°); broad oblique nostrils with the narrow anterior opening; nostrils about half of the mouth width, subequal (0.98-1.33) to internasal width; ~55-57 nasal lamellae; anterior nasal flaps are slightly penetrating into internasal space, their interspace 2.20- 2.61 in length of the posterior nasal aperture; in adults the orbit is very small, diameter 8.19-11.62 in preorbital length, 2.25-2.69 in interorbital space; rostral ridges are almost joined along their entire length; margin of cranium sharply demarcated before eyes; spiracular folds are very short and widely separated; rough skin densely covered with small denticles, more coarsely granular on the dorsal surface than ventrally, enlarged between orbits and in a distinct band between nape and first dorsal fin; tail relatively longer, its length 1.15-1.48 in disc length; dorsal fins narrowly spaced, interspace 1.32-2.11 in base length of the first dorsal fin; clasper length in adult male 4.37-5.70 in total length (Ref. 125646). Habib, K.A. and M.J. Islam 2021 Description of a new species of giant guitarfish, <i>Glaucostegus younholeei</i> sp. nov. (Rhinopristiformes: Glaucostegidae) from the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Zootaxa 4995(1):129-146. (Ref. 125646) FB-Distribution-69589 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-01-13 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=69589 Eastern Indian Ocean: Bangladesh. Habib, K.A. and M.J. Islam 2021 Description of a new species of giant guitarfish, <i>Glaucostegus younholeei</i> sp. nov. (Rhinopristiformes: Glaucostegidae) from the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Zootaxa 4995(1):129-146. (Ref. 125646) FB-Size-69589 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-01-13 00:00:00 2022-01-13 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69589 93.3 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 125646)) Habib, K.A. and M.J. Islam 2021 Description of a new species of giant guitarfish, <i>Glaucostegus younholeei</i> sp. nov. (Rhinopristiformes: Glaucostegidae) from the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Zootaxa 4995(1):129-146. (Ref. 125646) 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-69589 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-01-13 00:00:00 2022-01-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69589 demersal; marine