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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Glaucostegus''
| image = Glaucostegus typus.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = [[Giant guitarfish|Giant guitarfish (''G. typus'')]]
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Chondrichthyes]]
| classis = [[Chondrichthyes]]
| subclassis = [[Elasmobranchii]]
| subclassis = [[Elasmobranchii]]
| ordo = [[Rajiformes]]
| ordo = [[Rhinopristiformes]]
| familia = [[Rhinobatidae]]
| familia = '''Glaucostegidae'''
| familia_authority = Last, ''et al.'', 2016
| genus = '''''Glaucostegus'''''
| genus = '''''Glaucostegus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1846
| genus_authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1846
}}
}}


'''''Glaucostegus''''' is a small genus of [[Indo-Pacific]] rays in the family [[Rhinobatidae]].<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Glaucostegus| month = February | year = 2011}}</ref>
'''''Glaucostegus''''', also known as '''giant guitarfishes''', is a small genus of [[Indo-Pacific]] rays. They were formerly classified in the family [[Rhinobatidae]] but are now recognized as a distinct family, '''Glaucostegidae'''.<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Glaucostegus| month = February | year = 2011}}</ref>


==Species==
==Species==
* ''[[Glaucostegus cemiculus]]'' <small>(Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817)</small> (Blackchin guitarfish)
* ''[[Glaucostegus granulatus]]'' <small>[[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1829</small> (Sharpnose guitarfish)
* ''[[Glaucostegus granulatus]]'' <small>[[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1829</small> (Sharpnose guitarfish)
* ''[[Glaucostegus halavi]]'' <small>[[Peter Forsskål|Forsskål]], 1775</small> (Halavi guitarfish)
* ''[[Glaucostegus halavi]]'' <small>[[Peter Forsskål|Forsskål]], 1775</small> (Halavi guitarfish)
* ''[[Glaucostegus typus]]'' <small>Anonymous referred to [[Edward Turner Bennett|E. T. Bennett]], 1830</small> (Common shovelnose ray)
* ''[[Glaucostegus obtusus]]'' <small>(Müller & Henle, 1841)</small> (Widenose guitarfish)
* ''[[Glaucostegus thouin]]'' <small>(Anonymous, 1798)</small> (Clubnose guitarfish)
* ''[[Glaucostegus typus]]'' <small>([[Edward Turner Bennett|E. T. Bennett]], 1830)</small> (Giant guitarfish)


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Rhinobatidae]]
[[Category:Rhinopristiformes]]
[[Category:Ray genera]]
[[Category:Ray genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte]]

Revision as of 01:28, 20 January 2017

Glaucostegus
Giant guitarfish (G. typus)
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Glaucostegidae

Last, et al., 2016
Genus:
Glaucostegus

Bonaparte, 1846

Glaucostegus, also known as giant guitarfishes, is a small genus of Indo-Pacific rays. They were formerly classified in the family Rhinobatidae but are now recognized as a distinct family, Glaucostegidae.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Glaucostegus". FishBase. February 2011 version.