Description

---

Common Names

---

Vestlig skovlnæserokke , Danish , Denmark

Zuidelijke gitaarrog , Dutch , Netherlands

Guitarfish , English , Australia

Shovelnose shark , English , Australia

Southern shovelnose ray , English , Australia

Western shovelnose ray , English , Australia

Western shovelnose ray , English , Global

Yellow shovelnose ray , English , Australia

Kollakas kellurai , Estonian , Estonia

鏟吻犁頭鰩 , Mandarin Chinese , China

铲吻犁头鳐 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

---

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Rhinopristiformes

Family: Trygonorrhinidae

Genus: Aptychotrema

Species: Aptychotrema vincentiana (Haacke, 1885)

Climate Zone

---

Temperate

Location

---

Eastern Indian Ocean: endemic to western and southern Australia.

Biology

---

Occurs near the shore and on the continental shelf from coastal fringe. Common on sandy beaches and seagrass beds (Ref. 006871, Ref. 114953). Mainly feeds on decapod crustaceans and small bony fishes. Females produces litters up to 16 pups. Maturity size for males at ca. 65 cm TL (Ref. 114953). Juveniles are caught with seines.

Habitat

---

demersal