African wedgefish

African wedgefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rhynchobatidae
Genus: Rhynchobatus
Species: R. luebberti
Binomial name
Rhynchobatus luebberti
Ehrenbaum, 1914

The African wedgefish, guitarra, Lubbert's guitarfish, or spikenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus luebberti) is a species of fish in the Rhynchobatidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, coral reefs, estuarine waters, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss and poachers。

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