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  2. Guitarfish - Wikipedia

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    The guitarfish, also referred to as shovelnose rays, are a family, Rhinobatidae, of rays. The guitarfish are known for an elongated body with a flattened head and trunk and small, ray-like wings. The combined range of the various species is tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate waters worldwide.

  3. Shovelnose guitarfish - Wikipedia

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    The shovelnose guitarfish (Pseudobatos productus) is a ray in the family Rhinobatidae. P. productus was first described by ichthyologist William Orville Ayre in 1854 as Rhinobatos productus, [2] with the genus derived from the Greek word rhinos, meaning nose, and the Latin word batis, meaning ray. [3]

  4. Rhina ancylostoma - Wikipedia

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    Rhina ancylostoma, also known as the bowmouth guitarfish, shark ray or mud skate, is a species of ray and a member of the family Rhinidae. Its evolutionary affinities are not fully resolved, though it may be related to true guitarfishes and skates .

  5. Common shovelnose ray - Wikipedia

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    The common shovelnose ray, giant shovelnose ray or giant guitarfish [1] (Glaucostegus typus) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family found in the central Indo-Pacific, ranging from India to the East China Sea, Solomon Islands and northern Australia.

  6. Thornback guitarfish - Wikipedia

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    Thornback guitarfish mate in late summer, and females give birth the following year at around the same time, peaking in August. It is aplacental viviparous, with developing embryos sustained until birth by yolk. Females bear litters of 1–15 pups every year; the newborn rays measure about 11 cm (4.3 in) long.

  7. Eastern shovelnose ray - Wikipedia

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    The eastern shovelnose ray (Aptychotrema rostrata) is a species of guitarfish in the family Rhinobatidae [2] of order Rhinopristiformes. The species is endemic to the east coast of Australia and inhabits subtropical and temperate waters from southern Queensland to southern New South Wales .

  8. Rhinopristiformes - Wikipedia

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    Trygonorrhinidae Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016 (fiddler rays or banjo rays) Rhinobatidae Bonaparte, 1835 (guitarfishes) Rhinidae J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (bowmouth guitarfishes or wedgefishes) Glaucostegidae Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016 (giant guitarfishes) Pristidae Bonaparte, 1835 (sawfishes)

  9. Sharpnose guitarfish - Wikipedia

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    The sharpnose guitarfish also known as the granulated guitarfish (Glaucostegus granulatus) is a species of ray in the Glaucostegidae family. They belong to the subclass Elsamobranchii which are cartilaginous fish that include sharks, rays, and skates as shown in their morphology. They have a flattened ray-like body and shark-like elongated ...