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Species: Pseudobatos lentiginosus, Atlantic guitarfish

snout tip expanded, with cónical tubercles

many small white spots

nostril length 1.4x distance between nostrils & 75% mouth width

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Pseudobatos lentiginosus Garman, 1880

Atlantic guitarfish

Body and tail shark-like; snout long, pointed, with 2 central cartilaginous ridges, producing an elongate triangular disc; disc longer than wide; snout tip expanded and flattened, with a few large conical tubercles (except in juveniles); a large spiracle immediately behind each eye; gill openings on underside; nostrils large, their length 1.4 X distance between them and ~3/4 width of mouth; 2 equal-sized dorsal fins, the first behind the pelvics; one row of thorns along back; well developed tail fin that lacks a lower lob

Upper surface ash grey to chocolate brown; numerous small white spots over most of the upper surface (sometimes lacking) lower surface pale yellowish.

Reaches 76 cm.

Lives in sandy areas, beaches and estuaries.

Depth: 0-30 m.

North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Salinity

Marine
Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore
Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom
Bottom only

Habitat

Soft bottom only
Beach
Sand & gravel
Mud

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding Group

Carnivore
Data

Diet

Data
Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Egg Type

Data
No pelagic phase
Live birth
No pelagic larva

Global Endemism

All species.
West Atlantic Endemic
Greater Caribbean endemic

Regional Endemism

Continent
All species..
Extends North of GC
Continent only
GC endemic

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Temperate (>35N)
Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

IUCN Red List

Listed
Near threatened

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

76

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

30

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Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system: Species Data Report

Wed 26th Apr, 2023 03:17 pm

Species - Pseudobatos lentiginosus

Habitat

Salinity

Marine

Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore

Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom

Bottom only

Habitat

Soft bottom only

Beach

Sand & gravel

Mud

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding

Feeding Group

Carnivore

Data

Diet

Data

Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Reproduction

Egg Type

Data

No pelagic phase

Live birth

No pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

All species.

West Atlantic Endemic

Greater Caribbean endemic

Regional Endemism

Continent

All species..

Extends North of GC

Continent only

GC endemic

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Temperate (>35N)

Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Listed

Near threatened

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

76

Depth

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

30

Range

Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

Latitude Limit S

Longitude Limit W

Longitude Limit E

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

0

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

0

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

0, 0

Range Polygon Area: Km²

0 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

-1, -1

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

301

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

2,909,137 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

25.4255,-88.34235

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