Pseudobatos percellens, Chola guitarfish : fisheries, aquarium

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Pseudobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1792)

Chola guitarfish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rhinopristiformes (Shovelnose rays) > Rhinobatidae (Guitarfishes)
Etymology: More on author: Walbaum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 110 m (Ref. 6902), usually ? - 80 m (Ref. 50163). Subtropical; 18°N - 27°S, 82°W - 33°W (Ref. 114953)

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Western Atlantic: Caribbean to Brazil, and possibly further south to northern Argentina (Ref. 114953). Eastern Atlantic: tropical waters of West Africa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 54.7  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217); common length : 70.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217); max. published weight: 955.10 g (Ref. 118626)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Shorter nostrils, no enlarged tubercles on the tip of the snout. Olive gray, reddish brown or chocolate brown. Pale translucent area on either side of rostral ridges. Darker brown spots or blotches on sides. Lower surface pale yellowish, greyish or dusky white, tip of the snout with a more or less conspicuous sooty blotch (Ref. 6902).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on shallow, soft bottoms. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Flesh considered low quality (Ref. 5217). Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil (Ref. 49392).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Exhibit ovoviparity (aplacental viviparity), with embryos feeding initially on yolk, then receiving additional nourishment from the mother by indirect absorption of uterine fluid enriched with mucus, fat or protein through specialised structures (Ref. 50449).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McEachran, John | Collaborators

Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992. Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD. (Ref. 5217)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Endangered (EN) (A2cd); Date assessed: 05 July 2020

CITES


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 19.2 - 28, mean 26.7 °C (based on 456 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00288 (0.00173 - 0.00480), b=3.09 (2.94 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec = 2-13).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (65 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 25.4 [5.0, 117.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.733 [0.188, 2.110] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [17.2, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.221 [0.099, 0.473] g/100g; Selenium = 25 [7, 69] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.74 [2.72, 21.32] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.582 [0.290, 1.051] mg/100g (wet weight);