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title: "Granulated Guitarfish"
description: "Glaucostegus granulatus — Vissen. The sharpnose guitarfish also known as the granulated guitarfish (Glaucostegus granulatus) is a species of ray in the Glaucostegidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/granulated-guitarfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Granulated Guitarfish

> Glaucostegus granulatus — Vissen. The sharpnose guitarfish also known as the granulated guitarfish (Glaucostegus granulatus) is a species of ray in the Glaucostegidae family.

- Scientific name: *Glaucostegus granulatus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 40
- Wikidata: [Q3318973](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3318973)
- iNaturalist taxon: [101483](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/101483)

## Names

- en: Granulated Guitarfish
- de: Granulierter Geigenrochen
- es: Rhinobatos granulatus
- fr: Raie guitare épineuse
- pt: Rhinobatos granulatus

## Countries with the most observations

IN (20), BD (12)

## Summary

The sharpnose guitarfish also known as the granulated guitarfish (Glaucostegus granulatus) is a species of ray in the Glaucostegidae family. They belong to the subclass Elasmobranchii which are cartilaginous fish that include sharks, rays, and skates as shown in their morphology. They have a flattened ray-like body and shark-like elongated snout.  This species was first described by Georges Cuvier in 1829, and despite their appearance, they don't pose any threat to humans. As of April 2022, the IUCN has classified the sharpnose guitarfish as critically endangered.

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

## Photo

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

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

## Machine access

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