Giant guitarfish
Rhynchobatus djiddensis
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Rhinopristiformes
- Family
- Rhinidae
- Genus
- Rhynchobatus
Where to Find
Found in 9 diving areas across 7 countries and 3 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 21 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 53 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 16 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 1 records