---
title: "Western Shovelnose Ray"
description: "Aptychotrema vincentiana — Ryby. The southern shovelnose ray, western shovelnose ray, or yellow shovelnose ray (Aptychotrema vincentiana) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/western-shovelnose-ray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Western Shovelnose Ray

> Aptychotrema vincentiana — Ryby. The southern shovelnose ray, western shovelnose ray, or yellow shovelnose ray (Aptychotrema vincentiana) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.

- Scientific name: *Aptychotrema vincentiana*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 657
- Wikidata: [Q3753823](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3753823)
- iNaturalist taxon: [94478](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/94478)

## Names

- en: Western Shovelnose Ray
- de: Westaustralischer Geigenrochen

## Countries with the most observations

AU (643)

## Summary

The southern shovelnose ray, western shovelnose ray, or yellow shovelnose ray (Aptychotrema vincentiana) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is endemic to southern Australia.  Its natural habitats are open seas and shallow seas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_shovelnose_ray

## Photo

![Western Shovelnose Ray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-shovelnose-ray/medium.jpg)

Photo: JustJ · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297210239

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-shovelnose-ray?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).