Acroteriobatus leucospilus

Rhinobatos leucospilus Norman, 1926 Acroteriobatus leucospilus, the grayspotted guitarfish, is a species of guitarfish of the family Rhinobatidae, found along the coast of Madagascar, South Africa, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

[1][2] It has undergone a reduction in population of at least 50% over the past 15 years due to overfishing and harvesting.

[1] The characteristics of grayspotted guitarfish are the presence of elongated bluish-gray spots on snout, numerous small bluish spots on pectoral, pelvic, dorsal, and caudal fins, white ventral surface, white or striped blue-brownish lateral tail folds, and 37 to 41 nasal lamellae counted.

[2] Its reproduction system is ovoviviparous and the maximum length is 96 cm (female specimens).

This guitarfish is often captured by trawl and gillnet fisheries operating across its habitat.