Distributions and Habitats: Rhinobatidae

FAMILY Rhinobatidae Bonaparte, 1835 -

GENUS Giltay, 1928 - guitarfishes

Species Acroteriobatus annulatus (Smith, in Muller & Henle, 1841) - lesser sandshark Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: southern Africa. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Acroteriobatus blochii (Muller & Henle, 1841) - bluntnose Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: Namibia to South Africa. Habitat: marine.

Species Acroteriobatus leucospilus (Norman, 1926) - greyspotted guitarfish Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa to Mozambique. Habitat: marine.

Species Acroteriobatus ocellatus (Norman, 1926) - speckled guitarfish Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa to Mozambique. Habitat: marine. Species Acroteriobatus omanensis Last et al., 2016 - Oman guitarfish Distribution: Gulf of Oman. Habitat: marine.

Species Acroteriobatus salalah (Randall & Compagno, 1995) - Salalah guitarfish Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Oman to Pakistan. Habitat: marine.

Species Acroteriobatus variegatus (Nair & Lal Mohan, 1973) - stripenose guitarfish Distribution: India. Habitat: marine.

Species Acroteriobatus zanzibarensis (Norman, 1926) - Zanzibar guitarfish Distribution: Zanzibar. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Last et al., 2016 - guitarfishes

Species Pseudobatos glaucostigma (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) - speckled guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Pseudobatos horkelii (Muller & Henle, 1841) - Distribution: Western Atlantic: Brazil to Argentina. Habitat: marine.

Species Pseudobatos lentiginosus (Garman, 1880) - Atlantic guitarfish Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Pseudobatos leucorhynchus (Gunther, 1867) - whitesnout guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Pacific including Galapagos Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Pseudobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1792) - Chola guitarfish Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Pseudobatos planiceps (Garman, 1880) - flathead guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Pacific including Galapagos Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Pseudobatos prahli (Acero & Franke, 1995) - Gorgona guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico to northern Peru. Habitat: marine. Species Pseudobatos producta (Ayres, 1854) - Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: brackish, marine.

GENUS Linck, 1790 - guitarfishes

Species Rhinobatos albomaculatus Norman, 1930 - whitespotted guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Norman, 1926 - Annandale's guitarfish Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Rhinobatos austini Ebert & Gon, 2017 - Port Shepstone guitarfish Distribution: KwaZulu-Natal Province (South Africa) and central Mozambique. Habitat: marine

Species Rhinobatos borneensis Last et al., 2016 - Bornean guitarfish Distribution: South China Sea: Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysia. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos holcorhynchus Norman, 1922 - slender guitarfish Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa to Kenya. Habitat: marine.

Species Rhinobatos hynnicephalus Richardson, 1846 - ringstreaked guitarfish Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Rhinobatos irvinei Norman, 1931 - spineback guitarfish Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Angola. Habitat: marine.

Species Rhinobatos jimbaranensis Last et al., 2006 - Jimbaran shovelnose ray Distribution: Bali, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Rhinobatos lionotus Norman, 1926 - smoothback guitarfish Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Rhinobatos manai White et al., 2016 - Bismarck guitarfish Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

Species Rhinobatos nudidorsalis Last et al., 2004 - bareback shovelnose ray Distribution: Mascarene Ridge, Mascarenes, central Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Rhinobatos penggali Last et al., 2006 - Indonesian shovelnose ray Distribution: Central Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Rhinobatos punctifer Compagno & Randall, 1987 - spotted guitarfish Distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Rhinobatos rhinobatos (Linnaeus, 1758) - Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to Angola. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Rhinobatos sainsburyi Last, 2004 - goldeneye shovelnose ray Distribution: Australia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine. Species Rhinobatos schlegelii Muller & Henle, 1841 - brown guitarfish Distribution: Western Pacific [ref. 34993]. Habitat: marine.

Species Rhinobatos whitei Last et al., 2014 - Philippine guitarfish Distribution: Philippines. Habitat: marine.