Bowmouth guitarfish

Round head guitarfish ( Rhina Ancylostoma )

The round head - guitarfish ( Rhina Ancylostoma ), also called arc foot- guitarfish or guitar fish, lives in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and western tropical and subtropical Pacific from South Africa to Australia and southern Japan on riffnahen sand and mud flats at depths of 3 to 90 meters. The species is alone in the monotypic genus Rhina and the subfamily Rhininae.

Features

After the appearance, the Round Head stingrays look like a transitional form between sharks and rays. The fish have an elongated body haiartigen, two large dorsal fins, the first is in front of or directly above the pelvic fins, and a large, clearly forked tail fin. The pectoral fins are enlarged roche -like. The name derives from the broad, rounded head and the arc-shaped mouth. In addition to the eyes and the neck are three characteristic for the type thorny ridges. Round head stingrays are 2.40 to 2.70 meters long and 135 to 140 kilograms. Their color is gray or brown to olive, on the back they have numerous white spots. The underside is bright

Way of life

Round head stingrays live in larger groups. The animals feed on crustaceans, such as crabs and shrimp, as well as molluscs and other benthic invertebrates. They are ovoviviparous and bring four, at birth already 45 centimeters long young.