Guitar Fish

Aptychotrema vincentiana

Sharks and rays
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth9–100 m
Water temperature16–29 °C
Best monthsApril, September, and October
How commonOccasional

About this species

The southern shovelnose ray, western shovelnose ray, or yellow shovelnose ray is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is endemic to southern Australia. Its natural habitats are open seas and shallow seas.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Southern shovelnose ray”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 14 records
February: 5 records
March: 7 records
April: 16 records
May: 2 records
June: 3 records
July: 7 records
August: 12 records
September: 15 records
October: 25 records
November: 11 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 9–100 m · Deepest record: 197 m

0–10 m: 10 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 27 records
30–40 m: 40 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 9 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–29 °C

14–16 °C: 2 records
16–18 °C: 13 records
18–20 °C: 5 records
20–22 °C: 30 records
22–24 °C: 5 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 69 records
28–30 °C: 9 records

Names and classification

English: Guitar Fish, Shovelnose Shark, Southern Shovelnose-ray, Southern Shovel-nose Ray, Southern Shovelnose Ray, Western Shovelnose Ray, Yellow Shovelnose Ray

Names in 2 more languages

German: Westaustralischer Geigenrochen
Japanese: オビクロモンサカタザメ

Other scientific names: Rhinobates vincentianus, Rhinobatus vincentianus

Similar species

Australian Shovelnose Ray
Aptychotrema rostrata
Spotted Shovelnose Ray
Aptychotrema timorensis

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
250 open-data records from 1875 to 2017.

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