Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Rhinobatidae | Rhinobatos lentiginosus | Garman | 1880 | Atlantic Guitarfish |
Rhinobatos lentiginosus
Unique Characters: Tail stout and shark-like, not demarcated from trunk or disc, with a narrow longitudinal fold along each side. Snout moderately short and obtuse to long and acute. Eyes and spiracles on top of head; spiracles immediately behind eyes and possessing pseudobranchial folds on anterior margin. Pelvic fins with single moderately expanded lobe. Two dorsal fins, first located posterior to tips of pelvic fins, and a well-developed caudal fin, lacking a well-defined lower lobe.
Similar Species: None.
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