Pseudobatos percellens

Chola guitarfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rhinopristiformes
Family: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Pseudobatos
Species:
P. percellens
Binomial name
Pseudobatos percellens
(Walbaum, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Raja percellen Walbaum, 1792
  • Rhinobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1792)

Pseudobatos percellens, commonly called the Chola guitarfish, is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family found in the western South Atlantic Ocean.

Three different genetic lineages have been identified in the species by Vanessa P. Cruz and co-workers.

Conservation status

The species is listed as Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

References

  1. 1 2 Pollom, R.; Charvet, P.; Avalos, C.; Blanco-Parra, MP.; Derrick, D.; Espinoza, E.; Faria, V.; Herman, K.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Motta, F.; Nunes, J.; Rincon, G.; Dulvy, N.K. (2020). "Pseudobatos percellens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T161373A887217. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161373A887217.en.
  2. ↑ "Species: Pseudobatos percellens, Chola Guitarfish". Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  3. ↑ Caltabellotta, Fabio P.; Siders, Zachary A.; Murie, Debra J.; Motta, Fabio S.; Cailliet, Gregor M.; Gadig, Otto B. F. (August 19, 2019). "Age and growth of three endemic threatened guitarfishes Pseudobatos horkelii , P. Percellens and Zapteryx brevirostris in the western South Atlantic Ocean". Journal of Fish Biology. 95 (5): 1236–1248. Bibcode:2019JFBio..95.1236C. doi:10.1111/jfb.14123. hdl:11449/197314. PMID 31429078.
  4. ↑ Vanessa P. Cruz; Matheus M. Rotundo; Patrícia Charvet; Beatriz R. Boza; Bruno C. Souza; Najila N. C. D. Cerqueira; Claudio Oliveira; Rosângela Lessa; Fausto Foresti (2023). "Investigating an Unknown Biodiversity: Evidence of Distinct Lineages of the Endemic Chola Guitarfish Pseudobatos percellens Walbaum, 1792 in the Western Atlantic Ocean". Diversity. 15 (3): 344. Bibcode:2023Diver..15..344C. doi:10.3390/d15030344.