Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Rhinopristiformes > Glaucostegidae > Glaucostegus > Glaucostegus granulatus

Glaucostegus granulatus (Slough fish; Sharpnose guitarfish; Rough shovelnose ray; Granulated shovel-nose ray; Granulated shovelnose ray; Granulated guitarfish)

Synonyms: Rhinobatos granulates; Rhinobatos granulatus; Rhinobatus acutus; Rhinobatus granulatus; Scobatus granulatus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The sharpnose guitarfish (Glaucostegus granulatus) is a species of skate in the Rhinobatidae family. It is found near Australia, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly China and Oman. Its natural habitats are open seas, coral reefs, and estuarine waters. It ranges from intertidal to offshore continental shelves down to 119 m. The sharpnose guitarfish feeds on large shellfish.
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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Glaucostegus granulatus

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♦ 1Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0