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Blackchin Guitarfish

Glaucostegus cemiculus

Also known as: Granulated Guitarfish, Wedgefish

CRCritically EndangeredIUCN Red List, 2019
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@fishx6 · Cherbourg Aquarium, France · September 20081 / 3
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Overview

Found singly, usually resting or partially buried on mud and sand bottoms, in shallow too much deeper waters.
They feed on benthic fish and invertebrates.

Guitarfish catch their prey by using a suction method called "jumping jacks" when jumping out of the water.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
white patches
Behaviour
bottom dwellingburies in sandsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
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Found singly, usually resting or partially buried on mud and sand bottoms, in shallow too much deeper waters.

RANGE
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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classElasmobranchii
    4. orderRhinopristiformes
    5. familyGlaucostegidae
    6. genusGlaucostegus
    7. speciesGlaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

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