BrackishSaltwater
Lesser sandshark
Acroteriobatus annulatus
Rhinobatidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 140 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 57,575 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
- Temperament
- Missing
- Swims
- Missing
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Water values
Smallest tank
57,575 liters700 × 350 × 235 cm · For one fish
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Lives wild in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa.
More about the species
About the species
Found from the surf line to about 70 m depth, also reported as common in shallow waters to at least 75 m depth; also enters estuaries. Feeds on crustaceans, bivalves, polychaete worms and small bony fishes. Ovoviviparous. 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. Taken by surf anglers. Flesh highly esteemed. It is parasitised by the monogeneans Pseudoleptobothrium christisoni on the dorsal skin surface and Neoheterocotyle robii on the gill lamellae.
Source: FishBase
Other names
Other scientific names
- Rhinobatos annulatus
- Rhinobatos columnae
- Rhinobatus annulatus
In other languages
- Guitarfish, Lesser guitarfish, Sandshark
Articles
All articles
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.