Striped Panray? (Zanobatus schoenleinii)

[Blue Crab of PAIN!!!!]

Sorry for constantly making these species-specific, dead-end threads like this, but I randomly encountered a link to these guys at sharkraycentral and I was amazed that no one seems to have mentioned them here.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=117347
and
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=115930
They look like some type of thornback or guitarfish.
Does anyone know anything about these guys?

 

[Comatose]

I saw these two... wicked cool. Other species of guitarfish seem to do well in right sized aquariums. I think they're awesome... I wish I had the tank space.

 

[Zoodiver]

Personally I'd avoid oddball elasmos like that. 99% of the time they die. Not worth supporting taking them from the wild just to lose them.

They are more similar to a thornback ray or butterfly ray than a guitarfish.

 

[Blue Crab of PAIN!!!!]

Personally I'd avoid oddball elasmos like that. 99% of the time they die. Not worth supporting taking them from the wild just to lose them.

They are more similar to a thornback ray or butterfly ray than a guitarfish.

I suspected as much
I'm sure someone will pick it up before long though. If they do, they should post it here. I'd be very interested in seeing more of them.

 

[Comatose]

In LA's defense, they do tend to get their specimens eating and established before listing them... that's helpful info though. I hope whoever snags them has the proper setup.

 

[Deano1956]

out of mind price for something that little know anything about