Salalah guitarfish
The Salalah guitarfish (Rhinobatos salalah) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is nearly endemic to the waters off Oman, with a few records off Pakistan. Its natural habitat is open seas.
| Salalah guitarfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: | Rhinobatidae |
| Genus: | Rhinobatos |
| Species: | R. salalah |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinobatos salalah J. E. Randall & Compagno, 1995 | |
The Salalah (صَلَالَة Ṣalālah) is a city in southern Oman where only specimen was obtained at a fish market.
References
- Simpfendorfer, C., Jabado, R., Moore, A., Elhassan, I. & Valinassab, T. 2017. Acroteriobatus salalah. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T60172A109899000. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T60172A109899000.en. Downloaded on 1 October 2017.
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