"Sharpnose stingray" may also refer to Telatrygon zugei, Maculabatis gerrardi, or Pateobatis jenkinsii.

The sharpnose stingray (Telatrygon acutirostra) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found off southern Japan and in the East China Sea. With a rounded pectoral fin disc and a long, projecting snout, T. acutirostra resembles (and was historically confused with) the smaller pale-edged stingray (T. zugei). A number of characteristics differentiate this species from T. zugei, including larger eyes and the absence of a dorsal fin fold on the tail. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed this species as Vulnerable, as its restricted distribution renders it vulnerable to increases in fishing pressure.

Taxonomy Prior to being scientifically described, T. acutirostra has been confused for T. zugei; the two species have been confounded by various authors since at least Jordan and Fowler's 1903 review of Japanese elasmobranchs. In 1988, Kiyonori Nishida and Kazuhiro Nakaya published a study of the T. zugei species complex with a description of T. acutirostra, in the Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. The specific epithet comes from the Latin acuti ("sharp") and rostra ("snout"). The type specimen is an adult male 72.5 cm (28.5 in) across, trawled from the East China Sea.

Distribution and habitat Telatrygon acutirostra is known from off southern Japan and in the East China Sea at a depth of 53–142 m (174–466 ft), though there is also a possible record of this species from the Gulf of Guayaquil off Ecuador.