Rhinobatidae

Slender guitarfish

Rhinobatos holcorhynchus

Teardrop black blotch at snout tip

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Elongated
• Large

Rhinobatos holcorhynchus, commonly known as the slender guitarfish, is a guitarfish from the genus Rhinobatos that has a broadly wedge-shaped disc, a long, narrowly triangular snout, and a distinctive teardrop-shaped black blotch near the ventral snout tip. It is a medium-to-large benthic ray endemic to the deep continental shelf regions of the South-West Indian Ocean.