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title: "Shovelnose Guitarfish"
description: "Pseudobatos productus — Pesci. The shovelnose guitarfish (Pseudobatos productus) is a ray in the family Rhinobatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/shovelnose-guitarfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Shovelnose Guitarfish

> Pseudobatos productus — Pesci. The shovelnose guitarfish (Pseudobatos productus) is a ray in the family Rhinobatidae.

- Scientific name: *Pseudobatos productus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1177
- Wikidata: [Q25403700](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25403700)
- iNaturalist taxon: [607510](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/607510)

## Names

- en: Shovelnose Guitarfish
- de: Pazifischer Geigenrochen
- es: Raya guitarra
- fr: Raie-guitare spatule

## Countries with the most observations

US (1046), MX (17)

## Summary

The shovelnose guitarfish (Pseudobatos productus) is a ray in the family Rhinobatidae. P. productus was first described by ichthyologist William Orville Ayre in 1854 as Rhinobatos productus, with the genus derived from the Greek word rhinos, meaning nose, and the Latin word batis, meaning ray. It was later placed in the genus Pseudobatos following reconsideration of many species placed in Rhinobatos. As its common name suggests, this species possesses a pointed shovel-shaped snout and a body similar to that of a guitar with a larger head and long, slender body. The shovelnose is considered to be a primitively developed…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: The Vertebrate Pokédex · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/272368737

## Machine access

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