Shovelnose guitarfish
SpeciesRays and Skates
A ray with a pointed, shovel-shaped snout
1.25Uncommon
Uncommon
Shovelnose guitarfish
- Rays and Skates
The shovelnose guitarfish (Pseudobatos productus) is a ray in the family Rhinobatidae. It was first described by ichthyologist William Orville Ayre in 1854 as Rhinobatos productus and was later placed in the genus Pseudobatos. The species has a pointed, shovel-shaped snout, a large head and a long, slender body resembling a guitar. It has characteristics of both sharks and rays, and was initially considered a shark because of its dorsal fins.
- Scientific name
- Pseudobatos productus
- Family
- Rhinobatidae
- First described
- 1854, as Rhinobatos productus
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Shovelnose guitarfish (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q25403700
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- CC BY-SA 2.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
- Popularity
- 36 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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