| Glaucostegus | |
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| Giant guitarfish (G. typus) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: |
Glaucostegidae Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016 |
| Genus: |
Glaucostegus Bonaparte, 1846 |
Glaucostegus, also known as giant guitarfishes, is a genus of large Indo-Pacific rays, with a single species, Glaucostegus cemiculus, in the East Atlantic, and Mediterranean. [1] They were formerly classified in the family Rhinobatidae but are now recognized as a distinct family, Glaucostegidae. [2]
Their upperparts are uniform pale yellowish, brownish or greyish, and the nose is pale. Most are large, reaching 1.7–3 m (5.6–9.8 ft) in length depending on the exact species involved, except for the small G. obtusus that is less than 1 m (3.3 ft). [1]
There are ten recognized species, all of which are classified as critically endangered: [2] [3]
- Glaucostegus cemiculus ( Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817) (Blackchin guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus granulatus Cuvier, 1829 (Sharpnose guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus halavi Forsskål, 1775 (Halavi guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus microphthalmus (Teng, 1959) (Smalleyed guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus obtusus ( Müller & Henle, 1841) (Widenose guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus petiti ( Chabanaud, 1929) (Madagascar guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus spinosus ( Günther, 1870) (Spiny guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus thouin (Anonymous [Lacépède], 1798) (Clubnose guitarfish/Thouin ray)
- Glaucostegus typus ( E. T. Bennett, 1830) (Giant guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus younholeei (Habib & Islam, 2021) (Bangladeshi guitarfish)
- ^ a b Last; White; de Carvalho; Séret; Stehmann; Naylor, eds. (2016). Rays of the World. CSIRO. pp. 110–116. ISBN 9780643109148.
- ^ a b Last, P.R.; Séret, B.; Naylor, G.J.P. (2016). "A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea)". Zootaxa. 4117 (4): 451–475. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. PMID 27395187.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Glaucostegus in FishBase. March 2024 version.
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| Glaucostegus | |
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| Giant guitarfish (G. typus) | |
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Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: |
Glaucostegidae Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016 |
| Genus: |
Glaucostegus Bonaparte, 1846 |
Glaucostegus, also known as giant guitarfishes, is a genus of large Indo-Pacific rays, with a single species, Glaucostegus cemiculus, in the East Atlantic, and Mediterranean. [1] They were formerly classified in the family Rhinobatidae but are now recognized as a distinct family, Glaucostegidae. [2]
Their upperparts are uniform pale yellowish, brownish or greyish, and the nose is pale. Most are large, reaching 1.7–3 m (5.6–9.8 ft) in length depending on the exact species involved, except for the small G. obtusus that is less than 1 m (3.3 ft). [1]
There are ten recognized species, all of which are classified as critically endangered: [2] [3]
- Glaucostegus cemiculus ( Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817) (Blackchin guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus granulatus Cuvier, 1829 (Sharpnose guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus halavi Forsskål, 1775 (Halavi guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus microphthalmus (Teng, 1959) (Smalleyed guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus obtusus ( Müller & Henle, 1841) (Widenose guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus petiti ( Chabanaud, 1929) (Madagascar guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus spinosus ( Günther, 1870) (Spiny guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus thouin (Anonymous [Lacépède], 1798) (Clubnose guitarfish/Thouin ray)
- Glaucostegus typus ( E. T. Bennett, 1830) (Giant guitarfish)
- Glaucostegus younholeei (Habib & Islam, 2021) (Bangladeshi guitarfish)
- ^ a b Last; White; de Carvalho; Séret; Stehmann; Naylor, eds. (2016). Rays of the World. CSIRO. pp. 110–116. ISBN 9780643109148.
- ^ a b Last, P.R.; Séret, B.; Naylor, G.J.P. (2016). "A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea)". Zootaxa. 4117 (4): 451–475. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. PMID 27395187.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Glaucostegus in FishBase. March 2024 version.
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