Platyrhinidae

Platyrhinidae
Fanray (Platyrhina sinensis)
Thornback guitarfish (Platyrhinoidis triseriata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Platyrhinidae D. S. Jordan, 1923

The Platyrhinidae are a family of rays in the order Myliobatiformes, commonly known as thornbacks due to their dorsal rows of large thorns. They resemble guitarfishes in shape, but are in fact more closely related to stingrays.

Genera and species

• Genus Platyrhina J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838
  • Platyrhina hyugaensis Iwatsuki, Miyamoto & Nakaya, 2011 (Hyuga fanray)
  • Platyrhina sinensis Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Fanray)
  • Platyrhina tangi Iwatsuki, J. Zhang & Nakaya, 2011 (Yellow-spotted fanray)
• Genus Platyrhinoidis Garman 1881
  • Platyrhinoidis triseriata D. S. Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 (Thornback guitarfish)

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Platyrhinidae" in FishBase. July 2013 version.