Rhynchobatus australiae, also called the white-spotted guitarfish, white-spotted wedgefish or bottlenose wedgefish, is a species of fish in the Rhinidae family.
[1] It is found from shallow waters to a depth of at least 60 m (200 ft) in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from the East African coast and the Red Sea, to Taiwan, the Philippines and Australia.
Large adults are considerably darker, sometimes appearing almost black above, and the spots seen is younger individuals are typically not easily visible.
[3] Its tail fin has distinct upper and lower lobes, unlike the fiddler and shovelnose rays, where the lower lobe is reduced.
[4]: 13, 65–69 Its snout is acutely pointed, merging into the flat triangular pectoral fins.