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Zanobatidae (Panrays)
Etymology: maculatus: Name from Latin 'macula' for spotted; referring to its blotched colour pattern.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 116736). Tropical; 6°N - 5°S, 8°W - 11°E (Ref. 114953)
Distribution
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Eastern Central Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea, from Ivory Coast to Gabon.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116736)
Short description
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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).
Body shape (shape guide): other; Cross section: flattened.
Lives mostly on sandy bottoms (Ref. 116736).
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Séret, B., 2016. Zanobatus maculatus, a new species of panray from the Gulf of Guinea, eastern central Atlantic (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea: Zanobatidae). Zootaxa 4161(4):509-522. (Ref. 116736)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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