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White-spotted Guitarfish

Rhynchobatus australiae

Photo by moralcoral
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Description:

Rhynchobatus australiae, also called the white-spotted guitarfish or white-spotted wedgefish, is a species of fish in the Rhynchobatidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are open seas and shallow seas. It is part of a species complex that also includes the giant guitarfish, the broadnose wedgefish and possibly the smoothnose wedgefish

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Moralcoral, did you mean to put this spotting in the Butterflies and moths mission? Seems out of place there.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2011

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