The clubnose guitarfish ''(Glaucostegus thouin)'' is a critically endangered species of

ray Ray may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin Science and mathematics * Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point * Ray (g ...

in the

Glaucostegidae ''Glaucostegus'', also known as giant guitarfishes, is a genus of large Indo-Pacific rays, with a single species, '' Glaucostegus cemiculus'', in the East Atlantic, and Mediterranean. They were formerly classified in the family Rhinobatidae but ...

family. It is found from shallow coastal waters to a depth of in the

Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...

, ranging from India to Southeast Asia, and also in the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...

. There are also old unconfirmed records from the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the e ...

and

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

. It reaches up to in length, but typically is less than .It is pale yellowish or brownish with a pale snout. It has an unusual club-like tip of the snout, which separates it from other members of the genus ''

Glaucostegus ''Glaucostegus'', also known as giant guitarfishes, is a genus of large Indo-Pacific rays, with a single species, '' Glaucostegus cemiculus'', in the East Atlantic, and Mediterranean. They were formerly classified in the family Rhinobatidae but ...

''.

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