Widenose guitarfish

Widenose guitarfish
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Rhinobatidae
Family:	Glaucostegidae
Genus:	Glaucostegus
Species:	G. obtusus
Binomial name
	Glaucostegus obtusus; (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841)
Synonyms
	Rhinobatos obtusus

The widenose guitarfish (Glaucostegus obtusus) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, coral reefs, and estuarine waters.

References

Compagno, L.J.V.; Marshall, A.D.; Kyne, P.M.; Jabado, R.W. (2019). "Glaucostegus obtusus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60170A124447244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T60170A124447244.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

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