Guitarfish

Japanese: guitarfish

…A general term for fish belonging to the order Strigiformes. In English, stingrays are called rays, skates are called skates, sawfish are called sawfish, guitarfish are called guitarfish, and electric rays are called electric rays (illustration). They are found in a wide range of habitats from tropical to polar regions around the world. …

From [Gangshark]

…A general term for marine fish belonging to the Rhinobatidae family, or one of these. This species is called guitarfish because of its guitar-like body shape, or shovelnose because of its shovel-like shape. There are 45 species of Rhinobatidae in the world, and five species in the waters off Japan: the common Rhinobatidae, the common Rhinobatidae, the Taiwanese Rhinobatidae, the slit-nosed Rhinobatidae, and the pointy Rhinobatidae. The common Rhinobatidae and the common Rhinobatidae are the most commonly seen.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "guitarfish" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…軟骨魚綱エイ目に属する魚類の総称。英名では，アカエイ類をray，ガンギエイ類をskate，ノコギリエイ類をsawfish，サカタザメ類をguitarfish，シビレエイ類をelectric rayという（イラスト）。全世界の熱帯域から極地方まで広く分布する。…

【サカタザメ】より

…エイ目サカタザメ科Rhinobatidaeに属する海産魚の総称，またはそのうちの1種を指す。この類は体型がギターに似ているので英名はguitarfish，あるいはシャベルに似ているのでshovelnoseなどという。サカタザメ科は世界に45種，日本近海にはサカタザメ，コモンサカタザメ，タイワンサカタザメ，シノノメサカタザメ，トンガリの5種がいるが，サカタザメおよびコモンサカタザメがもっともふつうに見られる。…

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