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Animal realm > Chordates > Vertebrates > Cartilaginous fishes > Elasmobranchii > Batoidea > Rays and skates > Guitarfishes

Guitarfishes

Scientific name : Rhinobatidae


Guitarfishes owe their name to the peculiar shape of their bodies, similar to that of a guitar or an elongated ray. They can be found in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate seas.
They can be quite big, even reaching three metres in length, often live in large schools and are ovoviviparous: their young hatch from egg kept in the mother's womb.


Habitat: Coastal bay, Sand

Distribution: World

Sheet author: MICHAEL TANGHERLINI
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/ Common name Scientific name Distribution Photo
Halavi's guitarfish Glaucostegus halavi Red sea, Western Indian Ocean Halavi's guitarfish-Glaucostegus halavi
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