The common guitarfish is a benthic fish, cruising along just above the sandy or muddy seabed and foraging for crustaceans, other invertebrates and fish. It is an ovoviviparous fish with one or two litters of live young being born each year, each litter being four to ten fish. The gestation period is about four months,[1] and the young develop inside the female, obtaining nourishment from their yolk sacs at first, and later from uterine secretions of their mother.[2]