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Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostomus)
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Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostomus) specimen
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Rhinidae

Bowmouth guitarfish

Rhina ancylostomus

Rhinid Fish beneath the Persian Gulf

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • West Asia
  • Elongated
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Bowmouth guitarfish is known from Indo-West Pacific, from South Africa, Mozambique, East Africa, Seychelles as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Family
Rhinidae
Genus
Rhina
Maximum length
300 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific, from South Africa (Natal coast), Mozambique, East Africa, Seychelles, the Red Sea, Arabia, Oman, the Persian Gulf, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia (Borneo), Philippines, New Guinea, Thailand, Viet Nam, China, Taiwan Province of China, Korea, Japan, and Australia.

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