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gui·tar·fish

(gĭ-tär′fĭsh′)

n. pl. guitarfish or gui·tar·fish·es

Any of various marine cartilaginous fishes chiefly of the family Rhinobatidae, having a flattened guitar-shaped body, with the pectoral fins fused to the sides of the head.

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guitarfish

(ɡɪˈtɑːˌfɪʃ)

n, pl -fish or -fishes

(Animals) any marine sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae, having a guitar-shaped body with a stout tail and occurring at the bottom of the sea

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gui•tar•fish

(gɪˈtɑrˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es.

any sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae, of warm seas, resembling a guitar in shape when seen from above.

[1900–1905]

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guitarfish - primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body

ray - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

family Rhinobatidae, Rhinobatidae - primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies

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There is some evidence that shovelnose guitarfish used Elkhorn Slough as a nursery area.

Long-term trends in catch composition from elasmobranch derbies in Elkhorn Slough, California

Ribbon-tailed rays cruise the bottom in search of buried shellfish; loggerhead turtles hunt the waters here for fish and crustaceans; while nearby, guitarfish, a relative of both sharks and rays, survey the sand for molluscs.

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The whale sharks, angel sharks and common guitarfish in the Mediterranean were listed under Appendix I, while the dusky angel and blue sharks, white-spotted wedgefish and common guitarfish were listed under Appendix II.

Love for 'exotic' dish

They have been documented to feed on rays, guitarfish, skates, flatfish, small sharks, barred sand bass, kelp bass, blacksmith, ocean whitefish, sargo, sheephead, octopus, spiny lobster, cephalopods and squid (Domeier 2001, Love 2011).

The return of the king of the kelp forest: distribution, abundance, and biomass of giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas) off Santa Catalina Island, California, 2014-2015

The shortnose guitarfish Zapteryx brevirostris is a small endemic species, about 550 mm in total length, inhabiting sandy bottoms of coastal waters (2 to 60 m deep), in the western South Atlantic, from Rio de Janeiro to Argentina (Figueiredo, 1981; Carvalho Filho, 1999).

Feeding habits of the shortnose guitarfish, Zapteryx brevirostris (Muller and Henle, 1841) (Elasmobranchii, Rhinobatidae) in southeastern Brazil/Habito alimentar da raia-viola-de-focinho-curto, Zapteryx brevirostris (Muller e Henle, 1841) (Elasmobranchii, Rhinobatidae) no sudeste do Brasil

Based on this scarce published literature, the official website "UAE Interact" (http://www.uaeinteract.com) supported by The National Media Council, and unpublished reports from the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD), Emirates Marine Environment Group (EMEG) and local deep sea fishing companies (Ocean Active Ltd.), there should be at least 45 different species of sharks, guitarfish and rays present in the waters of the Arabian Gulf and off the Eastern Coast of UAE (Table 1).

A note on Elasmobranches (sharks and rays) of UAE and Musandam, Oman, with special mention of Bowmouth Guitarfish or Shark Ray (Rhina ancylostoma)

2 0.1 <0.1 Striped searobin, Prionotus 2 0.1 <0.1 evolans Atlantic manta, Manta birostris 2 0.1 <0.1 Black snapper, Apsilus 2 0.1 <0.1 dentatus Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri 1 <0.1 <0.1 Stingray, Dasyatidae 1 <0.1 <0.1 Permit, Trachinotus falcatus 1 <0.1 <0.1 Gag, Mycteroperca microlepis 1 <0.1 <0.1 Atlantic guitarfish, Rhinobatos 1 <0.1 <0.1 lentiginosus Blacktip shark, Carcharhinus 1 <0.1 <0.1 limbatus Cowfish, Lactophrys sp.

The driftnet fishery in the Fort Pierce-Port Salerno area off southeast Florida

Feeding of guitarfish Rhinobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1972) (Elasmobranchii, Rhinobatidae), the target of artisanal fishery in southern Brazil.

Pesqueria y biologia de Rhinobatos percellens (Rajiformes: Rhinobatidae) capturados por la pesqueria artesanal de playa La Pared, Venezuela

In the open sea, those fished include the Brazilian guitarfish (raia-viola) Rhinobatos horkelli Muller & Henle, 1841, king weakfish Macrodon ancylodon (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) and some species of sharks (cacoes), shrimps (camaroes), snooks (robalos) Centropomus spp., left-eye flounders, small mullets (paratis) Mugil spp.

Small-scale marine fisheries in the municipal district of Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil/Pescarias marinhas de pequena escala no municipio de Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil

We included three additional sequences from GenBank: horn shark (Heterodontus francisci, NC003137) to represent the family Heterodontidae, thorny skate (Raja radiata, AF106038), rabbit fish (Chimaera monstrosa, AJ310140), and the Atlantic guitarfish (Rhinobatis lentiginosus, AY830717--this study) to serve as outgroups for phylogenetic analyses.

Mitochondrial gene sequences useful for species identification of western North Atlantic Ocean sharks

Note on the diet guitarfish Rhinobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1972) (Elasmobranchii: Rhinobatidae) from the coast of Paraiba, Brazil.

Trophic and reproductive aspects of some batoids caught at Santa Marta in the Colombian Caribbean Sea/Aspectos troficos y reproductivos de algunos batoideos capturados en Santa Marta, Mar Caribe de Colombia

Lowe, California State University, Long Beach, Department of Biological Sciences, Long Beach, CA 90840 60E 4:00 ABUNDANCE, HABITAT USE AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF THE SHOVEL NOSE GUITARFISH (RHINOBATOS PRODUCTUS) IN A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ESTUARY T.J.