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title: "Chola Guitarfish"
description: "Pseudobatos percellens — Fish. Pseudobatos percellens, commonly called the Chola guitarfish, is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family found in the western South Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/chola-guitarfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chola Guitarfish

> Pseudobatos percellens — Fish. Pseudobatos percellens, commonly called the Chola guitarfish, is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family found in the western South Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Pseudobatos percellens*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 28
- Wikidata: [Q25403689](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25403689)
- iNaturalist taxon: [607507](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/607507)

## Names

- en: Chola Guitarfish
- de: Karibik-Geigenrochen
- es: Guitarra chola
- fr: Poisson-guitare chola

## Countries with the most observations

BR (7), MX (6), CO (3), TT (3)

## Summary

Pseudobatos percellens, commonly called the Chola guitarfish, is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family found in the western South Atlantic Ocean.
Three different genetic lineages have been identified in the species by Vanessa P. Cruz and co-workers.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudobatos_percellens

## Photo

![Chola Guitarfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chola-guitarfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: MÜLLER, J. & HENLE, F.G.J. (1841) · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhinobatos_percellens.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chola-guitarfish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).