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title: "Flathead Guitarfish"
description: "Pseudobatos planiceps — Pesci. The flathead guitarfish or Pacific guitarfish (Pseudobatos planiceps) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the Rhinobatidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/flathead-guitarfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Flathead Guitarfish

> Pseudobatos planiceps — Pesci. The flathead guitarfish or Pacific guitarfish (Pseudobatos planiceps) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the Rhinobatidae family.

- Scientific name: *Pseudobatos planiceps*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 110
- Wikidata: [Q25403669](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25403669)
- iNaturalist taxon: [607508](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/607508)

## Names

- en: Flathead Guitarfish
- es: Guitarra

## Countries with the most observations

PE (72), CL (25)

## Summary

The flathead guitarfish or Pacific guitarfish (Pseudobatos planiceps) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is found in shallow seas around Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Nicaragua. Its natural habitat is the open sea.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/159786310

## Machine access

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