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Species profile—Glaucostegus typus (giant shovelnose ray)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Rhinobatidae (guitarfishes) → Glaucostegus typus (giant shovelnose ray)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
Family
Rhinobatidae (guitarfishes)
Scientific name
Glaucostegus typus Bennett, 1830
Common name
giant shovelnose ray
WildNet taxon ID
22593
Synonym(s)
Rhinobatos typus
Rhinobatos batillum
Alternate name(s)
common shovelnosed ray
common shovelnosed-ray
great northern shovelnose
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Dependant Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22593.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022