Order: Rhinopristiformes (Shovel-nose rays)

Family: Glaucostegidae (Giant guitarfishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Glaucostegus cemiculus Black-chin guitarfish
Glaucostegus granulatus Granulated guitarfish
Glaucostegus halavi Halavi ray
Glaucostegus obtusus Wide-nose guitarfish
Glaucostegus petiti Madagascar guitarfish
Glaucostegus thouin Thouin ray
Glaucostegus typus Giant shovel-nose ray

Family: Pristidae (Sawfishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Anoxypristis cuspidata Pointed sawfish
Pristis clavata Dwarf sawfish
Pristis microdon Large-tooth sawfish
Pristis pectinata Small-tooth sawfish
Pristis perotteti Large-tooth sawfish
Pristis pristis Common sawfish
Pristis zijsron Long-comb sawfish

Family: Rhinidae (Wedge-fishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Rhina ancylostoma Bow-mouth guitarfish
Rhynchobatus australiae White-spotted wedge-fish
Rhynchobatus cooki Clown wedge-fish
Rhynchobatus djiddensis Giant guitarfish
Rhynchobatus immaculatus Taiwanese wedge-fish
Rhynchobatus laevis Smooth-nose wedge-fish
Rhynchobatus luebberti African wedge-fish
Rhynchobatus palpebratus Eyebrow wedge-fish
Rhynchobatus springeri Broad-nose wedge-fish
Rhynchorhina mauritaniensis False shark-ray

Family: Rhinobatidae (Guitarfishes)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Acroteriobatus annulatus Lesser guitarfish
Acroteriobatus blochii Blunt-nose guitarfish
Acroteriobatus leucospilus Grey-spottted guitarfish
Acroteriobatus ocellatus Unspecified
Acroteriobatus omanensis Oman guitarfish
Acroteriobatus salalah Salalah guitarfish
Acroteriobatus variegatus Stripe-nose guitarfish
Acroteriobatus zanzibarensis Zanzibar guitarfish
Aptychotrema rostrata Eastern shovel-nose ray
Aptychotrema timorensis Spotted shovel-nose ray
Aptychotrema vincentiana Western shovel-nose ray
Platyrhinoidis triseriata Thorn-back guitarfish
Pseudobatos glaucostigma Speckled guitarfish
Pseudobatos horkelii Brazilian guitarfish
Pseudobatos lentiginosus Atlantic guitarfish
Pseudobatos leucorhynchus White-snout guitarfish
Pseudobatos percellens Chola guitarfish
Pseudobatos planiceps Pacific guitarfish
Pseudobatos prahli Gorgona guitarfish
Pseudobatos productus Shovel-nose guitarfish
Rhinobatos albomaculatus White-spotted guitarfish
Rhinobatos annandalei Annandale's guitarfish
Rhinobatos austini Austin's guitarfish
Rhinobatos borneensis Borneo guitarfish
Rhinobatos formosensis Taiwan guitarfish
Rhinobatos holcorhynchus Slender guitarfish
Rhinobatos hynnicephalus Angel fish
Rhinobatos irvinei Spine-back guitarfish
Rhinobatos jimbaranensis Jimbaran shovel-nose ray
Rhinobatos lionotus Smooth-back guitarfish
Rhinobatos microphthalmus Small-eyed guitarfish
Rhinobatos nudidorsalis Unspecified
Rhinobatos penggali Indonesian shovel-nose ray
Rhinobatos punctifer Spotted guitarfish
Rhinobatos rhinobatos Common guitarfish
Rhinobatos sainsburyi Golden-eye shovel-nose ray
Rhinobatos schlegelii Brown guitarfish
Rhinobatos spinosus Spiny guitarfish
Rhinobatos thouiniana Shaw's shovel-nose ray
Rhinobatos whitei Philippine guitarfish
Tarsistes philippii Unspecified
Trygonorrhina dumerilii Southern fiddler ray
Trygonorrhina fasciata Eastern fiddler ray
Trygonorrhina melaleuca Magpie fiddler ray
Zanobatus maculatus Striped pan ray
Zanobatus schoenleinii Striped pan ray
Zapteryx brevirostris Lesser guitarfish
Zapteryx exasperata Banded guitarfish
Zapteryx xyster Witch guitarfish

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