FB-68640 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68640 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Heptapteridae Heptapterus Heptapterus mandimbusu Aguilera, Benitez, Terán, Alonso & Mirande, 2017 Papuan guitarfish 2018-02-07 2024-07-18 White, W.T., P.R. Last and G.J.P. Naylor0 <i>Rhinobatos manai</i> sp. nov., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4175(6):588-600. (Ref. 117108) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III valid from 11 January 2023 and 25 November 2023. UNEP. (Ref. 128078) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III. UNEP. (Ref. 131153) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68649 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-02-19 00:00:00 2018-02-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68649 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: a wedge-shaped disc, with itsdorsal surface covered in minute dermal denticles but without thorns; long snout, its length 3.6 times interspiracular distance; moderately large orbit, its diameter 1.7 times spiracle length; oblique nostrils, its length 1.6 times internarial distance; the anterior nasal flaps are inserted into internarial space well away from nostril margin; posterior nasal flaps are broad; ridges of rostral cartilage well-separated dorsally and almost parallel; narrow prebranchial sensory-pore patch, extending to first gill slit; distance between first gill slits is 1.5 times distance between fifth gill slits; distance between fifth gill slits is 3.4 times in ventral head length; long postscapular sensory canal, not grooved and extending more than three-quarters distance to pectoral-fin insertions; moderately tall dorsal fins; pelvic fin's inner margin is shorter than its base; interdorsal distance is more than 3.1 times first dorsal-fin base; outer spiracular fold is distinctly larger than the inner fold; dorsal margin of caudal fin ca. 2 times preventral margin; post-synarcual (free) vertebral centra 171; total vertebral centra 180; nasal lamellae 52; dorsal disc is brownish and covered with well defined rusty brown spots and blotches and poorly defined white spots with greyish edges (Ref. 117108). White, W.T., P.R. Last and G.J.P. Naylor 2016 <i>Rhinobatos manai</i> sp. nov., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4175(6):588-600. (Ref. 117108) FB-Distribution-68649 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-02-19 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68649 Southwest Pacific: Papua New Guinea. White, W.T., P.R. Last and G.J.P. Naylor 2016 <i>Rhinobatos manai</i> sp. nov., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4175(6):588-600. (Ref. 117108) FB-Size-68649 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-02-19 00:00:00 2019-08-08 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68649 73.1 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 117108)) White, W.T., P.R. Last and G.J.P. Naylor 2016 <i>Rhinobatos manai</i> sp. nov., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4175(6):588-600. (Ref. 117108) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-68649 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-02-19 00:00:00 2019-08-08 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68649 pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range 191 - 290 m (Ref. 117108) White, W.T., P.R. Last and G.J.P. Naylor 2016 <i>Rhinobatos manai</i> sp. nov., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4175(6):588-600. (Ref. 117108)