Rhinobatos

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Rhinobatos
Temporal range: 125–0Ma
Aptian to Present[1]
Rhinobatos rhinobatos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Rhinobatos
H. F. Linck, 1790
Rhinobatos hakelensis fossil

Rhinobatos is a genus of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.

Guitarfish catch their prey using a suction technique. The relative sequence of muscle activity is shared across the Rhinobatos genus, but varies with timing and duration of muscular activation.[2]

Species

There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Rhinobatos albomaculatus Norman, 1930 (White-spotted guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos annandalei Norman, 1926 (Annandale's guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos annulatus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Lesser sandshark)
  • Rhinobatos blochii J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Bluntnose guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos cemiculus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 (Blackchin guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926 (Taiwan guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos glaucostigma D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 (Speckled guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos holcorhynchus Norman, 1922 (Slender guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos horkelii J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Brazilian guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos hynnicephalus J. Richardson, 1846 (Ringstreaked guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos irvinei Norman, 1931 (Spineback guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos jimbaranensis Last, W. T. White & Fahmi, 2006 (Jimbaran shovelnose ray)[4]
  • Rhinobatos lentiginosus Garman, 1880 (Atlantic guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos leucorhynchus Günther, 1867 (Whitesnout guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos leucospilus Norman, 1926 (Grayspotted guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos lionotus Norman, 1926 (Smoothback guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos microphthalmus Teng, 1959 (Smalleyed guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos nudidorsalis Last, Compagno & Nakaya, 2004 (Bareback shovelnose ray)[5]
  • Rhinobatos obtusus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Widenose guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos ocellatus Norman, 1926 (Speckled guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos penggali Last, W. T. White & Fahmi, 2006 (Indonesian shovelnose ray)[4]
  • Rhinobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1792) (Chola guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos petiti Chabanaud, 1929 (Madagascar guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos planiceps Garman, 1880 (Pacific guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos prahli Acero P & Franke, 1995 (Gorgona guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos productus Ayres, 1854 (Shovelnose guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos punctifer Compagno & J. E. Randall, 1987 (Spotted guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos rhinobatos (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos sainsburyi Last, 2004 (Goldeneye shovelnose ray)
  • Rhinobatos salalah J. E. Randall & Compagno, 1995 (Salalah guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos schlegelii J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Brown guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos spinosus Günther, 1870 (Spiny guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos thouin (Anonymous, referred to Lacépède, 1798) (Clubnose guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos thouiniana (G. Shaw, 1804) (Shaw's shovelnose guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos variegatus R. V. Nair & Lal Mohan, 1973 (Stripenose guitarfish)
  • Rhinobatos zanzibarensis Norman, 1926 (Zanzibar guitarfish)

See also

  • List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2008-01-09. 
  2. ↑ Wilga CD, Motta PJ. Feeding mechanism of the Atlantic guitarfish Rhinobatos lentiginosus: Modulation of kinematic and motor activity. Journal of Experimental Biology Volume 201, Issue 23 pp 3167-3184
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Rhinobatos in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Last, White & Fahmi 2006 (2006). "Rhinobatos jimbaranensis and R. penggali, two new shovelnose rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from eastern Indonesia". Cybium 30 (3): 262ff. 
  5. ↑ Peter R. Last, Leonard J.V. Compagno and Kazuhiro Nakaya (2004). "Rhinobatos nudidorsalis, a new species of shovelnose ray (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the Mascarene Ridge, central Indian Ocean". Ichthyological Research 51 (2): 153–158. doi:10.1007/s10228-004-0211-0. 
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