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Acroteriobatus annulatus (Smith, 1841)

Description

Common Names

  • Banjo , Afrikaans , Namibia
  • Kleiner sandkruiper , Afrikaans , Namibia
  • Kleiner sandkruiper , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Sandhaai , Afrikaans , Namibia
  • Barbar , Arabic , Oman
  • Fanto , Arabic , Oman
  • Pilohrbet kroužkový , Czech , Czechia
  • Rejnokovec kruhový , Czech , Czechia
  • Kleine gitaarrog , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Guitarfish , English , Namibia
  • Lesser guitarfish , English , South Africa
  • Lesser guitarfish , English , Global
  • Lesser sandshark , English , UK
  • Sandshark , English , Namibia
  • Mummuline logardrai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Poisson-guitare du Cap , French , France
  • 突吻犁头鳐 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 突吻犁頭鰩 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Roszak , Polish , Poland
  • Guitarra del Cabo , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Rhinopristiformes

    Family: Rhinobatidae

    Genus: Acroteriobatus

    Species: Acroteriobatus annulatus (Smith, 1841)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Southeast Atlantic: Namibia to central Natal, South Africa. Record from Madagascar is uncertain (Ref. 3919).

    • Biology

    Found from the surf line to about 70 m depth (Ref. 5578), also reported as common in shallow waters to at least 75 m depth (Ref. 114953); also enters estuaries (Ref. 27121). Feeds on crustaceans, bivalves, polychaete worms and small bony fishes (Ref. 5578). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Males mature at ca. 59 cm TL, females at 62-65 cm TL; born at ca. 23 cm TL. Produces litters of 2-10 pups (Ref. 114953). Taken by surf anglers (Ref. 3919). Flesh highly esteemed (Ref. 3919). It is parasitised by the monogeneans Pseudoleptobothrium christisoni on the dorsal skin surface (Ref. 124055) and Neoheterocotyle robii on the gill lamellae (Ref. 124054).

    Habitat

    brackish