First record of Gorgona guitarfish (Pseudobatos prahli) off the Baja California peninsula with updated key to the guitarfishes of the North Eastern Pacific.
Kelsi M RutledgePublished in: Journal of fish biology (2020)
The Gorgona guitarfish is a poorly documented ray found in the Eastern Pacific. It can be distinguished from its congeners due to its distinctive coloration and rostral cartilages. Here I document an extensive northern range expansion of almost 2000 km based on a juvenile specimen caught off the Baja California Peninsula. This specimen also represents the smallest documented individual of this species, along with the first quantitative morphometric data reported since the 1995 description. Additionally, an updated key to the guitarfishes of the North Eastern Pacific is included.