Shovelnose guitarfish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the shovelnose guitarfish lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pseudobatos productus
Group	Rays, skates & chimaeras
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Rajiformes
Family	Rhinobatidae

Where does the shovelnose guitarfish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the shovelnose guitarfish in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the shovelnose guitarfish endangered?

The shovelnose guitarfish’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the shovelnose guitarfish?

The shovelnose guitarfish (Pseudobatos productus) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Rajiformes and the family Rhinobatidae, genus Pseudobatos. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the shovelnose guitarfish

The shovelnose guitarfish (Pseudobatos productus) is a ray in the family Rhinobatidae. P. productus was first described by ichthyologist William Orville Ayre in 1854 as Rhinobatos productus, with the genus derived from the Greek word rhinos, meaning nose, and the Latin word batis, meaning ray. It was later placed in the genus Pseudobatos following reconsideration of many species placed in Rhinobatos. As its common name suggests, this species possesses a pointed shovel-shaped snout and a body similar to that of a guitar with a larger head and long, slender body. The shovelnose is considered to be a primitively developed ray, with many features of both sharks and rays. The shovelnose guitarfish was first considered to be a shark because of its dorsal fins' shape. Fossils of P. productus ancestors have been recovered, dating back over 100 million years.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Shovelnose guitarfish (revision 1362609165), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25403700 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).