Peru country information

Common names: Guitarra
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Chirichigno, N.F., 1974
National Database:

Classification / Names

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Rhinopristiformes (Shovelnose rays) > Rhinobatidae (Guitarfishes) > Rhinobatinae
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Poisson-guitare du Pacifique, Guitarra del Pacífico, Guitarra, ... more

Main reference

Chirichigno, N.F. 1974. (Ref. 5530)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : McEachran, John | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 76.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 28023)

Environment

Marine; demersal

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred 24°C (Ref. 107945); 16°N - 20°S

Distribution

Eastern Pacific: southern Mexico to Peru and Chile, including the Galapagos Islands.
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

May reach 170 cm TL (Ref. 12951). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Data deficient (DD)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5039 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.5 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Pseudobatos planiceps (Garman, 1880)