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Guitarfish have a body form intermediate between those of sharks and rays. The tail has a typical shark-like form, but in many species, the head has a triangular, or guitar-like shape, rather than the disc-shape formed by fusion with the pectoral fins found in other rays.
The Zanzibar guitarfish (Acroteriobatus zanzibarensis, formerly Rhinobatos zanzibarensis) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family endemic to Tanzania.
The flathead guitarfish or Pacific guitarfish [1] (Pseudobatos planiceps) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is found in shallow seas around Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Nicaragua.
The southern banded guitarfish (Zapteryx xyster), also known as the witch guitarfish, is a species of fish in the Trygonorrhinidae family found at reefs and other habitats from shallow water to a depth of 150 m in the tropical East Pacific. [2] It ranges from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Colombia, but it likely also occurs off Ecuador and Peru. [3]
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 .
The common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Rhinobatidae. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea . It is a bottom-dwelling fish feeding on crustaceans , other invertebrates and fish.
The bluntnose guitarfish or fiddlefish (Acroteriobatus blochii) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is found in Namibia and South Africa . Its natural habitats are shallow seas and estuarine waters.
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 ]