Rhynchobatus djiddensis Giant guitarfish

Rhynchobatus djiddensisis commonly referred to as Giant guitarfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 50000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2960 

AphiaID:

217378 

Scientific:

Rhynchobatus djiddensis 

German:

Riesengeigenrochen 

English:

Giant Guitarfish 

Category:

Stingrays 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Rajiformes (Order) > Rhinobatidae (Family) > Rhynchobatus (Genus) > djiddensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Forsskål, ), 1775 

Occurrence:

Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 75 Meter 

Size:

up to 122.05" (310 cm) 

Weight:

227 kg 

Temperature:

76.1 °F - 84.74 °F (24.5°C - 29.3°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes) 

Tank:

10998.92 gal (~ 50000L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Critically endangered (CR) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Rhynchobatus australiae
  Geigenrochen, Weißfleck-Gitarrenfisch
• 
  Rhynchobatus djiddensis
  Riesengeigenrochen
• 
  Rhynchobatus laevis
  Glattnasen-Geigenrochen
• Rhynchobatus luebberti
• Rhynchobatus palpebratus
• Rhynchobatus springeri

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-12-20 12:45:33 

Last edit:

2009-12-20 12:45:33 

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