Rhinoptera bonasus Cownose Ray

Rhinoptera bonasus is commonly referred to as Cownose Ray. Difficulty in the aquarium: Alleen voor gevorderden. A aquarium size of at least 2500000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2819 

AphiaID:

158544 

Scientific:

Rhinoptera bonasus 

German:

Atlantischer Kuhnasenrochen 

English:

Cownose Ray 

Category:

Pijlstaart roggen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Myliobatiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Rhinoptera (Genus) > bonasus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Mitchill, ), 1815 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Honduras, Kenya, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, North Atlantic Ocean, Panama, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 22 Meter 

Size:

up to 83.86" (213 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Big fish, Clam meat, Clams, Coralfish of all kind, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Lobster, Rock lobster, Schrimps, Snails 

Tank:

549946.11 gal (~ 2500000L)  

Difficulty:

Alleen voor gevorderden 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Near threatened (NT) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Rhinoptera adspersa
• 
  Rhinoptera bonasus
  Atlantischer Kuhnasenrochen
• Rhinoptera brasiliensis
• 
  Rhinoptera javanica
  Kuhnasenrochen
• Rhinoptera jayakari
• Rhinoptera marginata
• Rhinoptera neglecta
• 
  Rhinoptera steindachneri
  Pazifischer Kuhnasenrochen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-06-07 12:56:42 

Last edit:

2017-03-23 15:57:32 

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