guitarfish
noun
gui·tar·fish
gə-ˈtär-ˌfish 
gi-
: any of several viviparous rays (family Rhinobatidae) somewhat like a guitar in shape viewed from above
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Also in 2024, the second stage of an EU Action Plan for the oceans will kick in, forcing a change in rules for bottom fishing and fishing gear to specifically protect species such as common skate, guitarfish, great white shark, sturgeons, and turtles.
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Helen Czerski, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
Rhino Rays pushed to critically endangered A little boy looks at Rhinobatos armatus, also known as a guitarfish, swim past in a tank at the Berlin Aquarium November 27, 2004 in Berlin, Germany.
—Jasmine Aguilera, Time, 18 July 2019
Also caught was an Atlantic guitarfish, a species that has physical characteristics of both sharks and rays.
—David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Apr. 2018
Helen Czerski, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
Rhino Rays pushed to critically endangered A little boy looks at Rhinobatos armatus, also known as a guitarfish, swim past in a tank at the Berlin Aquarium November 27, 2004 in Berlin, Germany.
—Jasmine Aguilera, Time, 18 July 2019
Also caught was an Atlantic guitarfish, a species that has physical characteristics of both sharks and rays.
—David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Apr. 2018
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“Guitarfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guitarfish. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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