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title: "Lesser Guitarfish"
description: "Acroteriobatus annulatus — Fish. The lesser guitarfish or lesser sandshark (Acroteriobatus annulatus) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lesser-guitarfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Guitarfish

> Acroteriobatus annulatus — Fish. The lesser guitarfish or lesser sandshark (Acroteriobatus annulatus) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.

- Scientific name: *Acroteriobatus annulatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 224
- Wikidata: [Q25402495](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25402495)
- iNaturalist taxon: [624030](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/624030)

## Names

- en: Lesser Guitarfish
- de: Ringelgitarrenrochen
- es: Raya guitarra enana de arena

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (213)

## Summary

The lesser guitarfish or lesser sandshark (Acroteriobatus annulatus) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: bdhimes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332989519

## Machine access

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