| Clubnose guitarfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
| CITES Appendix II (CITES) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: | Glaucostegidae |
| Genus: | Glaucostegus |
| Species: | G. thouin |
| Binomial name | |
| Glaucostegus thouin (Anonymous, referred to Lacépède, 1798) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The clubnose guitarfish (Glaucostegus thouin) is a critically endangered species of ray in the Glaucostegidae family. It is found from shallow coastal waters to a depth of 60 m (200 ft) in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from India to Southeast Asia, and also in the Red Sea. There are also old unconfirmed records from the Mediterranean and Suriname.
It reaches up to 3 m (9.8 ft) in length, but typically is less than 2.5 m (8.2 ft).It is pale yellowish or brownish with a pale snout. It has an unusual club-like tip of the snout, which separates it from other members of the genus Glaucostegus.
References
- ^ Kyne, P.M. & Jabado, R.W. (2019). "Glaucostegus thouin". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60175A124447684. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T60175A124447684.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Last; White; de Carvalho; Séret; Stehmann; Naylor, eds. (2016). Rays of the World. CSIRO. p. 115. ISBN 9780643109148.
- Pollerspöck, J.; N. Straube. "Glaucostegus thouin (Anonymous, 1798)". Shark-references. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Glaucostegus thouin | |
| Raja thouin | |
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