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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.
Rhynchobatus australiae, also called the white-spotted guitarfish, white-spotted wedgefish or bottlenose wedgefish, is a species of fish in the Rhinidae family. [1] It is found from shallow waters to a depth of at least 60 m (200 ft) in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from the East African coast and the Red Sea, to Taiwan, the Philippines and Australia. [3]
The blackchin guitarfish is plain brown above and white below, and has a black blotch on its snout, more noticeable in juveniles than adult fish. It is similar in appearance to the common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) which is sympatric (shares the same range). Characteristic differences include the blackchin's smaller eyes, narrower ...
Fish that live in Bikini Bottom and other cities in the sea. Blinky: Mutant Fish The Simpsons: A three-eyed fish. Bruce Great white shark: Finding Nemo: Leader of a group of sharks that wants to give up eating fish. Bubbles Bass: PB&J Otter: Charlie Tuna StarKist brand tuna commercials Charlie the Tuna is the cartoon mascot and spokes-tuna for ...
Rhina ancylostoma is a heavily built fish growing to 2.7 m (8.9 ft) long and 135 kg (298 lb) in weight. [3] [7] The head is short, wide, and flattened with an evenly rounded snout; the front portion of the head, including the medium-sized eyes and large spiracles, is clearly distinct from the body. The long nostrils are transversely oriented ...
A large fish reaching up to 3.1 m (10 ft) long and weighing as much as 227 kg (500 lb), [5] it is brownish or greyish above with a variable pattern of white spots. Juveniles have a black spot above each pectoral fin , but in adults it is a dusky ring or absent.
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]
The Philippine guitarfish, known formally as Rhinobatos whitei, is a critically endangered species of cartilaginous fish in the genus Rhinobatos. [2] [3] [4] The species has been documented in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines. [5]