Guitarfish Pictures Showing This Cartilaginous Fish That Is a Link Between Sharks and Rays

Guitarfish, any of an order Rhinobatiformes, have an elongated body, flattened forebody with pectoral fins fused to the sides of the head, the rearbody is shark like, with two dorsal fins and a well-developed caudal fin. They are a link between sharks and rays, and are named for their guitar shaped body. They are found in tropical and temperate waters, traveling in large schools.

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Picture of a shovelnose guitarfish, Rhinobatus productus, Catalina Island, California, East Pacific Ocean

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Stock photo of a whitespotted shovelnose guitarfish, Rhynchobatus djiddensis, with scuba diver, Maldives Islands, Indian Ocean, Ari Atoll

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Image of of a banded guitarfish, Zapteryx exasperata, Cabo Pulmo, Sea of Cortez, Baja, Pacific Ocean.

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Photo of a bowmouth guitarfish, Rhina ancylostoma, showing close up of uniquely shaped teeth

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Picture of a shovelnose guitarfish, Rhinobatus productus, California, Pacific Ocean

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Stock photo of a shovelnose guitarfish, Rhinobatos productus, La Jolla Shores, California, Pacific

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Image of an Atlantic guitarfish, Rhinobatus lentiginosus, Florida, Atlantic

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Photo of a bowmouth guitarfish, Rhina ancylostoma, Similan Islands, Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean

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Picture of a banded guitarfish, Zapteryx exasperata, La Paz, Mexico, Pacific

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Stock photo of a female banded uitarfish, Zapteryx exasperata, with severe wounds to pectoral fins probably caused by agressive mating, La Paz, Sea of Cortez, Baja, Pacific Ocean.

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Image of Atlantic guitarfish, Rhinobatus lentiginosus, courting pair, Florida, Atlantic

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Photo of a lesser guitarfish, Rhinobatos annulatus, endemic to South Africa

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