| Brown guitarfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: | Rhinobatidae |
| Genus: | Rhinobatos |
| Species: | R. schlegelii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinobatos schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926 | |
The brown guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is found in western Pacific of Taiwan and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, coral reefs, and estuarine waters. The Taiwan guitarfish (Rhinobatos formosensis) was formerly considered a distinct species, but is now considered a junior synonym.
References
- Rigby, C.L.; Walls, R.H.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Rhinobatos schlegelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T104005557A104006031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T104005557A104006031.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhinobatos schlegelii". FishBase. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- Last, P. R., Séret, B. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2016). A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Zootaxa 4117, 451–475. 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Rhinobatos schlegelii | |
| Rhinobatos formosensis | |
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