A South African term for various species of rhinobatid fishes, commonly known as guitarfish or bowmouth guitarfish — rays with elongated, guitar-shaped bodies found in coastal and sandy-bottom marine environments around southern Africa. The name translates from Afrikaans as 'sand crawler,' referring to the fish's habit of lying flat on sandy sea floors. Sandkruipers are occasionally caught by anglers and are of interest to marine biologists studying elasmobranch diversity.
The fishermen hauled in a sandkruiper that had been lying motionless on the sandy seabed near the kelp beds.
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(South Africa) Any of various rhinobatid fishes.
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