Guitarfish... in freshwater?

[xenacanth9]

So, I've come across a couple sources that claim that certain types of guitarfish have been known to occasionally appear in brackish, sometimes even freshwater habitats. The following sources all mention this somewhere if you look for it:

Guitarfish - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Guitarfishes: Atlantic Guitarfish

Atlantic Guitarfish

myfwc.com

http://bransonswildworld.com/guitarfish/


Now, this makes some sense because there are quite a handful of euryhaline sharks and rays, however, I have yet to see any pictures or video of this. So, if anyone here happens to have any photographic evidence, I'd love to see it, just because this is very interesting to me.

 

[Deadeye]

I would think they just swim up there chasing a meal or possibly breeding. Probably not up there for long though.

 

[Cowturtle]

Not super surprising sawfish are related and they can be found commonly in freshwater as well. If you're interested the aqualog freshwater ray book includes all species of sawfish, guitarfish and other ray species that can be found in freshwater.

 

[kno4te]

Believe i saw some post on fb of guitar fish in freshwater tanks a while ago. Doubt it stayed there too long.

 

[xenacanth9]

I would think they just swim up there chasing a meal or possibly breeding. Probably not up there for long though.

Makes sense

 

[xenacanth9]

Not super surprising sawfish are related and they can be found commonly in freshwater as well. If you're interested the aqualog freshwater ray book includes all species of sawfish, guitarfish and other ray species that can be found in freshwater.

Neat, I'll take a look

 

[xenacanth9]

Believe i saw some post on fb of guitar fish in freshwater tanks a while ago. Doubt it stayed there too long.

Interesting