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Guitarfish are rays though they do somewhat look like sharks with their strong tails and conspicuous fins. Like other rays, guitarfish have spiracles through which they draw water to pass oxygen over their gills. They'll spend most of their time on the sea floor sometimes even burying themselves below sandy or muddy substrate. Guitarfish can be found in many warm tropical and temperate water around the world. They enter brackish water estuaries to breed and spawn. Scientific Name: Family - Rhinobatidae Range: warm tropical and temperate oceans Size: from 30 inches (76.2cm) to nearly 10 feet (3m) at full size Diet: mollusks, crustaceans, worms, and small fish Lifespan: 10 years You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible, but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Youtube: Robin Fewster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6VpnUzjd2Y Credits via Flickr: Alistair Young - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajy/4826506653 Simon Fraser University - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfupamr/12071898644 LASZLO ILYES - https://www.flickr.com/photos/laszlo-photo/2061248987 Ed Bierman - https://www.flickr.com/photos/edbierman/3356984003 Dennis Matheson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dennis_matheson/4715204269 Brian Gratwicke - https://www.flickr.com/photos/briangratwicke/6182404098 ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/briangratwicke/6181897815 Jonathan D - https://www.flickr.com/photos/92520900@N06/14146384419 NOAA Photo Library - https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/5187505207 Tracie Hall - https://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/36738442603 ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/twobears2/23556529568 Laura Wolf - https://www.flickr.com/photos/laurawolfartist/36891753113 ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/laurawolfartist/36851077374 ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/laurawolfartist/23709164008 Other attributions: Joachim T. - https://vimeo.com/9183972 Diver Jackie - https://vimeo.com/80432424 ; https://vimeo.com/79145160 ; https://vimeo.com/55418345 ; https://vimeo.com/107779301 ; https://vimeo.com/102858494 KumiM - https://vimeo.com/262566667 ; https://vimeo.com/151593556 Photo by Greg Hume - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ShovelnoseGuitarfish01.JPG Websites used for research collection: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=160813 https://www.fishbase.de/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=17 https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/family/85 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rays_of_the_World/n82sDQAAQBAJ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Deep_sea_Cartilaginous_Fishes_of_the_Ind/k_F5DwAAQBAJ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rhinobatos_productus https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/animal/bowmouth-guitarfish https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/rhinobatos-lentiginosus https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/common-guitarfish This video is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ )*. *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original