What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Blackchin guitarfish been recorded?

Glaucostegus cemiculus occurrence evidence comes from 250 records in 4 countries and territories, from 1962 to 2023. Most records come from Mauritania.

Blackchin guitarfish
Blackchin guitarfish — Photo (display-sized rendition): Liné1 · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
ElasmobranchiiRhinopristiformesGlaucostegidaeGlaucostegus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

250 records across 4 countries and territories, 1962–2023.

Glaucostegus cemiculus · GBIF taxon key 7532383

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

1 month reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19622023

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Blackchin guitarfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Blackchin guitarfish. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Mauritania 243
Benin 5
Ghana 1
Türkiye 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.