Author: (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
FBname: Blackchin guitarfish
Comments: A coastal and benthic species found on sandy and muddy bottoms, intertidal zone to at least 80 m depth.  Feeds mainly on benthic crustaceans and small fishes.  Maximum length would probably reach up to 265 cm TL, common at about 200 cm TL.  Males mature at 138-154 cm TL, females at 153-164 cm TL. In the Mediterranean Sea, males mature at smaller size, about 100-110 cm TL and females at about 110 cm TL.  Size at birth about 34 cm TL.  Produces litters up to 20 pups (more common 6-7 pups) (Ref. 114953).   Ovoviviparous, one or two litters per year, of 4-6 embryos.