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Acroteriobatus blochii
In 3 days >90%
The bluntnose guitarfish or fiddlefish (Acroteriobatus blochii) is a species of ray in the family Rhinobatidae. It is found in Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are shallow seas and estuarine waters. It is potentially threatened by habitat loss owing to diamond mining on the Namibian coast. A. blochii is frequently misidentified as and closely related to A. annulatus.
Data related to Acroteriobatus blochii at Wikispecies Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in West Coast National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other sharks & rays.
Very likely
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Bluntnose guitarfish sighting in West Coast National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bluntnose guitarfish sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only West Coast National Park, in our data
West Coast National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bluntnose guitarfish sightings: about 80% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bluntnose guitarfish is recorded against all the sharks and rays logged in West Coast National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
