Glaucostegus granulatus

(Cuvier, 1829)


Granulated guitarfish
Classification: Elasmobranchii Rhinopristiformes Glaucostegidae

Reference of the original description
Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. (1829)
Le règne animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition 2. Paris, Déterville, de l'Impr. de A. Belin,

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Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Glaucostegus cf. granulatus, Rhinobatis granulatus, Rhinobatos granulatus, Rhinobatos (Glaucostegus) granulatus, Rhinobatus acutus, Rhinobatus granulatus, Rhinobatus philippi, Rhinobatus (Rhinobatus) granulatus, Rhinobatus (Rhinobatus) philippi, Rhynchobatus granulatus

Types
Glaucostegus granulatus
Syntype: MNHN: 1254; MNHN: 1253;
Rhinobatus acutus
Holotype: MCZ: 807-S
Rhinobatus (Rhinobatus) philippi
Holotype: ZMB: 4553


Description :


Citation: Glaucostegus granulatus (Cuvier, 1829): In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 10/2025

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Glaucostegus granulatus (Cuvier, 1829), ERB 1243, male, 26, 4 DW, 84, 1 TL, Sri Lanka © Frederik H. Mollen (Elasmobranch Research Belgium)
Common names
deu \(T\) Geigenrochen, eng Granulated guitarfish, eng Granulated shovel-nose ray, eng Granulated shovelnose ray, eng Rough shovelnose ray, eng Sharpnose guitarfish, eng Slough fish

Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to Thailand and Viet Nam. Possibly occurring in China, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo), Philippines, New Guinea, and Bougainville Islands. Source: www.gbif.org

Human uses
fisheries: commercial

Biology
Exhibit ovoviparity (aplacental viviparity), with embryos feeding initially on yolk, then receiving additional nourishment from the mother by indirect absorption of uterine fluid enriched with mucus, fat or protein through specialised structures [733]. Ranges from the intertidal to offshore continental shelves down to 119 m (Ref. 9909). A carnivorous fish that feeds on large shellfishes (Ref. 58784).

Size / Weight / Age
280 cm SL (male/unsexed; [20218])

Habitat
demersal; marine; depth range ? - 119 m (Ref. 9909)

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=10670; CITES: (see: Protected Species for more details) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speciesof Wild Fauna and Flora annex: II; Council Regulation 2017/160 annex: B

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Monogenea
  • Neoheterocotyle rhinobatis (Pillai & Pillai, 1976) Chisholm & Whittington, 1997 [17439]

Cestoda
  • Acanthobothrium benedeni (Lönnberg, 1889) [16448]
  • Acanthobothrium satyanarayanaraoi Sarada, Lakshmi & Rao, 1993 [8183] [28741]
  • Anthobothrium sasoonense Srivastav & Srivastava, 1988 [16415]
  • Cephalobothrium gogadevensis Pramanik & Manna, 2005 [16371]
  • Echinobothrium rhynchobati (Khalil & Abdul-Salam, 1989) [16343] [16430] [24101] [19536]
  • Floriparicapitus rhinobatidis (Subhapradha, 1955) [16423] [21566]
  • Marsupiobothrium rhinobati Shinde & Deshmukh, 1980 [16400]
  • Polypocephalus affinis Subhapradha, 1951 [16424]
  • Polypocephalus radiatus Braun, 1878 [16338]
  • Polypocephalus rhinobatidis Subhapradha, 1951 [16424]
  • Rhinebothrium atabaki Golzarianpour, Malek, Golestaninasab, Sarafrazi & Kochmann, 2021 [29351]
  • Rhinebothrium kruppi Golestaninasab & Malek, 2016 [24232]
  • Rhinebothrium oligotesticulare (Subramaniam, 1940) Healy, 2006 [16426]
  • Rhinebothrium persicum Golestaninasab & Malek, 2016 [24232]
  • Rhinebothrium sp. [20454]
  • Scalithrium filamentosum (Subhapradha, 1955) Coleman, Beveridge & Campbell, 2019 [16423]
  • Scyphophyllidium chiloscyllii (Subhapradha, 1955) [16423] [16443] [7406]
  • Tylocephalum rhinobatii (Deshmukh, 1980) [16231]

Nematoda
  • Mawsonascaris zhoui Li, Xu & Zhang, 2012 [15762]


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