Spiny guitarfish

Glaucostegus spinosus

Known through a stuffed British Museum specimen

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
North America
Elongated
Medium
Tropical fish

Spiny guitarfish is a marine fish found in ocean habitats. One memorable detail in its record is this: Known through a stuffed British Museum specimen.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Shovelnose Rays
Family: Glaucostegidae
Genus: Glaucostegus
Maximum length: 34 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: Bahía de La Paz, southern Baja California, Mexico. Possibly young of some other species (Ref. 35766 ).

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