| Zanobatidae (Panrays) |
| 35.9 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; marine; depth range 1 - 30 m |
| Eastern Central Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea, from Ivory Coast to Gabon. |
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This species is distinguished from its congener (Zanobatus schoenleinii) by the following combination of characters: dorsal surface of disc is brownish to reddish brown, with numerous dark brown blotches, and sometimes surrounded by a network of whitish dots; the ventral surface of disc is pale creamy white or orange-brown, with conspicuous dark brown posterolateral margins; the crown of dermal denticles of dorsal surface spearhead-shaped; dorsal surface with enlarged thorny denticles are more numerous and stronger, in parallel rows on trunk and in concentric semi-circular rows on pectoral fins; tooth rows in upper jaw 54-64 ; predorsal vertebrae 36-44 (mode 39) (Ref. 116736). |
| Lives mostly on sandy bottoms (Ref. 116736). |
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Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 04 August 2020 (A2d) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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