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ALAS, IVE FALLEN INTO YOUR TRAP!!

But yeah. Guitarfish are rays!!

One of the easiest ways to tell the difference between shark and ray species is gill placement. Sharks have gills on the side, rays have gills on top!

You can also look behind their eyes for the presence of spiracles. Those are what help them pull water in from above them to push water over their gills beneath them! Sawfish are species of rays, saw sharks are species of sharks!

We actually have two species of guitarfish at work (Atlantic/giant shovelnose guitarfish and bowmouth guitarfish) and they’re sooooo funny

Babe i don’t mean to be THAT GUY but bowmouth guitarfish aren’t sharks they are rays…………

I’m SO SORRY

Huzzah, you identified it for me too! >:) Thanks for the info, I quite literally had ZERO idea who that big fella was. Sometimes rays look like sharks and sharks look like rays, that’s how it goes and we adapt accordingly!