Shovelnose guitarfish

Pseudobatos productus

Fish Reaching One Hundred Nineteen Centimeters in Eastern Pacific

Tropical
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
Pacific Ocean
North America
Elongated
Large
Tropical fish

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.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Shovelnose Rays
Family: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Pseudobatos
Maximum length: 119 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: endemic to the eastern Pacific from San Francisco, USA to the Gulf of California, and possibly to Mazatlan, Mexico (Ref. 48844 ).
Conservation status: NTNear Threatened

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