- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderRhinopristiformes
- ›familyRhinidae
- ›genusRhynchobatus
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Whitespotted Wedgefish
Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775)
Also calledPoisson paille à pois (fra) · Requin raie (fra) · Reuse Sandkruiper (afr) · [魚本]仔 (zho) · dev gitarbaligi (tur) · سمكة الوتد المنقط الفاتحة (ara) · トンガリサカタザメ (jpn) · 及達尖犁頭鰩 (zho) · 吉打龍紋鱝 (zho) · 沙條 (zho) · 飯匙鯊 (zho) · 魴仔 (zho) · 龍文鯊 (zho)
First described in: Forsskål, Peter. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia medica kahirina atque tabula maris Rubri geographica. Mölleri apud Heineck et Faber, Hauniæ.: 1-20, i-xxxiv, 1-164, map.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks: Early reports of this species commented on it being a regular visitor to KZN during the summer months and it being one of the gamest fishes along the coast (Barnard, 1925). This appears to be the only confirmed Rhynchobatus species in South African waters and it appears to mostly be replaced by R. australiae in southern Mozambique. Although there are no confirmed records of R. australiae in South African waters it would not be unexpected as it is common in southern Mozambique. Conservation status: CR (2019).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
materials_examined
South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 21209, SAIAB 48823, SAIAB 53229, SAIAB 88254. South African distribution: Knysna (EC) to KZN border with Mozambique.
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Rhynchobatus djiddensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418935.