Halavi guitarfish

Halavs guitarfish ( Glaucostegus halavi )

Halavs guitarfish ( Glaucostegus halavi ( Syn: Rhinobatos halavi ) ) lives in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Oman from the water surface to depths of 40 meters. Deposits east of Oman are uncertain and require confirmation. Through the Suez Canal, the animals have migrated into the Mediterranean ( Lessepssche migration).

Features

Halavs guitarfish is 1.20 meters long. The body is flat and longer than wide. The roche typical, consisting of front body, head and pectoral fins body disc is heart-shaped. The onset of pelvic fins located just behind the end of the pectoral fins. Rostrum is short and sharp, the two Rostralgrate have a distance which is smaller than the eye diameter. The two dorsal fins are located behind the center of the body to the strong, haiartigen caudal peduncle. They are approximately the same size, the tail fin is relatively small. Your lower lobe is reduced. Halavs guitarfish is on top brown to beige, on the ventral side light beige to whitish.

Way of life

The biology of Halavs guitarfish is poorly understood. He lives in sandy coastal habitats and feeds on molluscs, crabs and small fish. Halavs guitarfish is ovoviviparous.