Salalah guitarfish

Salalah guitarfish
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Rajiformes
Family:	Rhinobatidae
Genus:	Rhinobatos
Species:	R. salalah
Binomial name
	Rhinobatos salalah; J. E. Randall & Compagno, 1995

The salalah guitarfish (Rhinobatos salalah) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is nearly endemic to the waters off Oman, with a few records off Pakistan. Its natural habitat is open seas.

References

Simpfendorfer, C., Jabado, R., Moore, A., Elhassan, I. & Valinassab, T. 2017. Acroteriobatus salalah. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T60172A109899000. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T60172A109899000.en. Downloaded on 1 October 2017.

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[IUCN-1] Simpfendorfer, C., Jabado, R., Moore, A., Elhassan, I. & Valinassab, T. 2017. Acroteriobatus salalah. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T60172A109899000. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T60172A109899000.en. Downloaded on 1 October 2017.