FB-68073 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68073 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Zoarcoidei Zoarcidae Pachycara Pachycara caribbaeum Anderson, Somerville & Copley, 2016 Taiwanese Wedgefish 2016-11-03 2024-08-19 Last, P.R., H.-H. Ho and R.-R. Chen0 A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus (Chondrichthyes: Rhynchobatidae), from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1):185-198. (Ref. 94805) Last, P.R., W.T. White, M.R. de Carvalho, B. Séret, M.F.W. Stehmann and G.J.P. Naylor0 Rays of the world. CSIRO Publishing, Comstock Publishing Associates. i-ix + 1-790. (Ref. 114953) CITES, UNEP-WCMC0 The Checklist of CITES Species Website. Appendices I, II and III valid from 28 August 2020. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland. Compiled by UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. https://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php [Accessed 4 January 2020]. (Ref. 123416) CITES0 Appendices I, II and III. UNEP. (Ref. 131153) FB-GeneralDescr-68082 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-11-15 00:00:00 2019-08-08 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68082 A benthic species that was recently discovered and not well known, but apparently lives in shallow water on the continental shelf. Probably feeds on bottom-dwelling crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 114953). Specimens caught are all immature that most probably the maximum length of this medium-size wedgefish could be less than 150 cm TL (Ref. 94805). Last, P.R., H.-H. Ho and R.-R. Chen 2013 A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus (Chondrichthyes: Rhynchobatidae), from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1):185-198. (Ref. 94805) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68082 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-11-16 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68082 This medium-sized species is distinguished by the following set of characters: snout is broad, and wedge-shaped; preoral snout 19-21% TL; small eye, its length 4.1-4.5 in preorbital snout; interorbital space 2.6-2.9 in preorbital snout; about 48 tooth rows; no spines from snout; supraorbital spines are small, well differentiated, and extending from preorbit to beyond end of spiracle; predorsal spines are relatively well developed; 2 disjunct rows of 6-9 small scapular spines on each side of the disc; predorsal space 48-49% of total length; origin of the first dorsal fin is well behind origin of pelvic-fin bases; total pectoral-fin radials 65-68; vertebrae with 28-30 monospondylous precaudal centra, 124-131 precaudal free centra, 38-42 diplospondylous caudal (free) centra, 165-170 total free centra, 179-184 total centra (including synarcual centra). Colouration: dark greenish brown dorsally with a few white spots scattered on pectoral disc; no black pectoral marking; prominent row of white spots start just forward of a single white spot (above pelvic-fin origin) and coalescing posteriorly to form a white mid-lateral line on tail; orbital membrane is white with dark bar over eye; no alternating light and dark markings on the interorbital space (Ref. 94805). Last, P.R., H.-H. Ho and R.-R. Chen 2013 A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus (Chondrichthyes: Rhynchobatidae), from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1):185-198. (Ref. 94805) FB-Distribution-68082 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-11-15 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=68082 Northwest Pacific: confirmed from Taiwan; probably more widespread. Last, P.R., H.-H. Ho and R.-R. Chen 2013 A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus (Chondrichthyes: Rhynchobatidae), from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1):185-198. (Ref. 94805) FB-Size-68082 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-11-15 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=68082 99.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 94805)) Last, P.R., H.-H. Ho and R.-R. Chen 2013 A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus (Chondrichthyes: Rhynchobatidae), from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1):185-198. (Ref. 94805) 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-68082 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-11-15 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=68082 pelagic-neritic; marine