| Sharpnose guitarfish | |
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| Living specimen in Kuwait | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: | Glaucostegidae |
| Genus: | Glaucostegus |
| Species: |
G. granulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Glaucostegus granulatus (Cuvier, 1829) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rhinobatos granulatus Cuvier, 1829 | |
The sharpnose guitarfishorgranulated guitarfish (Glaucostegus granulatus) is a species of ray in the Glaucostegidae family.
It is found near Australia, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly China and Oman. Its natural habitats are open seas, coral reefs, and estuarine waters. It ranges from intertidal to offshore continental shelves down to 119 m. The sharpnose guitarfish feeds on large shellfish.[3]
| Glaucostegus granulatus |
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| Rhinobatos granulatus |
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