White-spotted guitarfish

White-spotted guitarfish

Taxobox
name = "Rhinobatos albomaculatus"
status = NT
trend = unknown


image_width = 250px
image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Rajiformes
familia = Rhinobatidae
genus = "Rhinobatos"
species = "R. albomaculatus"
binomial = "Rhinobatos albomaculatus"
binomial_authority = Forsskal, 1775

White-spotted guitarfish is a type of ray. It has many variations, which may lead to it being divided further. They reach around three meters and are grey with white spots. [cite book |title=Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific: New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands|publisehr=University of Hawai'i Press Press |year=2005 |pages=17]

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