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Glaucostegus

Glaucostegus, also known as giant guitarfishes, is a genus of large Indo-Pacific rays, with a single species, G. cemiculus, in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean. They were formerly classified in the family Rhinobatidae but are now recognized as a distinct family, Glaucostegidae.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Blackchin Guitarfish

speciesGlaucostegus cemiculus

Giant Guitarfish

speciesGlaucostegus typus

Halavi's Guitarfish

speciesGlaucostegus halavi

Bangladeshi guitarfish

speciesGlaucostegus younholeei

Widenose guitarfish

speciesGlaucostegus obtusus

Granulated Guitarfish

speciesGlaucostegus granulatus

Clubnose guitarfish

speciesGlaucostegus thouin

Spiny Guitarfish

speciesGlaucostegus spinosus

Glaucostegus microphthalmus

speciesGlaucostegus microphthalmus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88522.