Striped panray

Zanobatus schoenleinii

Zanobatus schoenleinii is in the eastern Atlantic, more precisely on the West African coast from Morocco to Angola, occurring rays. He considers himself preferred on sand and mud bottoms at depths of 10 to 60 meters, usually above 25 meters.

Features

Zanobatus schoenleinii is one meter long. Specimens that were caught in 2006 on the coast of northwestern Africa, had lengths of 28-57 centimeters. The body plate is almost circular, somewhat pointed only at the front end. The tail is provided with two dorsal fins and a caudal fin is slightly shorter than the body disc is long. Zanobatus schoenleinii is colored brown gray and bears a pattern of broad blackish streak extending from right to left on the body plate. Located at the edges in addition blackish spots.

Way of life

Over the life of Zanobatus schoenleinii is little known. It feeds mainly on crustaceans and other bottom-dwelling invertebrates and multiplies ovoviviparous.

System

The systematic position of the species is not understood. Zanobatus schoenleinii is provided in Fishbase and the World Register of Marine Species in the subfamily Platyrhininae within the family of violin (Rhinobatidae ) and the order Rajiformes. The American ichthyologist Joseph S. Nelson and Neil C. Aschliman and colleagues provide Zanobatus schoenleinii the only member of the monotypic family so Zanobatidae, which in turn occupies a basal position in the order of Myliobatiformes and there own subordination ( Zanobatoidei ) forms .. In Gavin JP Naylor and employees include the Zanobatidae in the newly established order Rhinopristiformes, are united in the violins and sawfish.