Rhynchobatus
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| Rhynchobatus Temporal range: Lower Eocene–Recent[1] | |
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| Giant guitarfish (R. djiddensis) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rajiformes |
| Family: | Rhynchobatidae Garman, 1913 |
| Genus: | Rhynchobatus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Rhinobatus laevis Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | |
Rhynchobatus is a group of rays commonly known as wedgefishes, and the sole genus in the family Rhynchobatidae. They are found in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific with a single species in the eastern Atlantic. All species in this genus are assessed as Vulnerable or Endangered by IUCN.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- Rhynchobatus australiae Whitley, 1939 (White-spotted Wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (Giant guitarfish)
- Rhynchobatus immaculatus Last, H. C. Ho & R. R. Chen, 2013 (Taiwanese wedgefish)[3]
- Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Smoothnose wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus luebberti Ehrenbaum, 1915 (African wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus palpebratus Compagno & Last, 2008 (Eyebrow wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus springeri Compagno & Last, 2010 (Broadnose wedgefish)
See also
- List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Rhynchobatus in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Rhynchobatus in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Last, P.R., Ho, H.-C. & Chen, R.-R. (2013): A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus (Chondrichthyes, Rhynchobatidae), from Taiwan. Pp. 185-198 in: de Carvalho, M.R., Ebert, D.A., Ho, H.-C. & White, W.T. (eds.) : Systematics and biodiversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of Taiwan. Zootaxa, 3752 (1): 1–386.
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