Glaucostegus cemiculus Juvenile
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Wirtz, P.
Mauritania country information
Common names:
Agharde, Guitarra, Raie guitare
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
brackish
Abundance:
abundant (always seen in some numbers)
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Ref: Maigret, J. and B. Ly, 1986
Importance:
commercial
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Ref: Maigret, J. and B. Ly, 1986
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Very abundant in Banc d'Arguin and Levrier Bay (Ref. 5377). Individual catches measure between 1.2 and 2.0 m in length and weigh between 6 and 20 kg. Fish and fins are sold separately. Fins, the most lucrative parts, are sold as 'shark fins', a delicacy in Asian cuisine. After sun-drying, the fins are exported to Asian markets. Fresh fish flesh has hardly any value until these are processed by salting, drying and smoking. After which the processed flesh is then sold locally or exported to other West African countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, and Sierra Leone. Smoked Rhinobatos is almost entirely exported to the Gulf of Guinea states (Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin). Also Ref. 6675, 55783.
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Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mr.html
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Occurrences:
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Main Ref:
Maigret, J. and B. Ly, 1986
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