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A giant shovel nose ray at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, Salt Lake City, Utah

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August 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Manta rog (Mobula spec.) en Gitaarvis (Rhinobatidae spec.), Burger’s Dierenpark
July 10, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Freckled guitarfish: the challenge of studying a rare species with binational distribution - Save Our Seas Foundation
Freckled guitarfish: the challenge of studying a rare species with binational distribution
Studying the guitarfish, Pseudobatos lentiginosus, across its range in the Gulf of Mexico basin is a challenge. So far, it is known to be the only ray species of the family Rhinobatidae that inhabits…
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September 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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The guitarfish, also referred to as shovelnose rays, are a family, Rhinobatidae, of rays.
Endangered and protected
January 8, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Common name: Shovelnose Guitarfish

Scientific name: Rhinobatos productus

Family: Rhinobatidae (Guitarfish)

Location: SEA LIFE Hunstanton

Date: 24 August 2024

The Shovelnose Guitarfish is a ray in the family Rhinobatidae.

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November 17, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Little known and often discarded, the freckled guitarfish slips quietly through Gulf of Mexico nets. By working with fishers and scientists across the Gulf, Alfonsina Romo Curiel and team are piecing together the life of this elusive ray to guide its protection.

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Freckled guitarfish: the challenge of studying a rare species with binational distribution
Studying the guitarfish, Pseudobatos lentiginosus, across its range in the Gulf of Mexico basin is a challenge. So far, it is known to be the only ray species of the family Rhinobatidae that inhabits this gulf, as far northwest as North Carolina in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Like other family members, these species are bottom […]
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September 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Common name: Shovelnose Guitarfish

Scientific name: Rhinobatos productus

Family: Rhinobatidae (Guitarfish)

Location: SEA LIFE Hunstanton

Date: 24 August 2024

Shovelnose Guitarfish most resemble sharks in posterior body shape, with a flattened anterior like a ray.
November 22, 2024 at 12:03 PM
The spotted shovelnose ray is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.

IUCN status: Vulnerable
August 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Resolution of the 𝐴𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑠 species complex, with a redescription of 𝐴. 𝑙𝑒𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑠 & descriptions of 2 new western Indian Ocean spp. of 𝐴𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 (#Rhinobatidae). #NewSpeciesAlert
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November 15, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Every year, scientists discover new species worldwide, but perhaps as many species may be lost before we can find them. This applies to parasites as well, whole communities of which are still being found on threatened hosts, making it even more important to conserve species and their habitats.
April 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Birth and Growth of the Shortnose Guitarfish Zapteryx Brevirostris (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Chondrichthyes, Rhinobatidae) in Captivity https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.15245?af=R
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Comparative trophic ecology of two sympatric guitarfishes Pseudobatos (Chondrichthyes, Rhinobatidae) from southeast Brazil, southwestern Atlantic https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.15257?af=R
November 21, 2024 at 7:38 PM