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guitarfish

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guitarfish: see ray ray, extremely flat-bodied cartilaginous marine fish , related to the shark . The pectoral fins of most rays are developed into broad, flat, winglike appendages, attached all along the sides of the head; the animal swims by rippling movements of these wings.
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guitarfish [gə′tär‚fish]
(vertebrate zoology)
The common name for fishes composing the family Rhinobatidae.


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Sharks' closest relatives aren't normal fish--they're rays, skates, guitarfish, and sawfish, a group known as elasmobranchs.
Young, Santa Monica, shovelnose guitarfish, 21-8, Manhattan Beach, Sept.
In its current newsletter, International Angler, the IGFA notes the 21-1/2-pound shovelnose guitarfish caught last September by Robert B.
 
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