Shovelnose

Japanese: shovelnose
Shovelnose

…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 "shovelnose" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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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