Rhinobatos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinopristiformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea
Superordo: Batomorphii
Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Familia: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Rhinobatos
Species: R. albomaculatus R. annandalei R. austini R. borneensis R. holcorhynchus R. hynnicephalus R. irvinei R. jimbaranensis R. lionotus R. manai R. nudidorsalis R. penggali R. punctifer R. ranongensis R. rhinobatos R. sainsburyi R. schlegelii R. whitei

Name

Rhinobatos Linck, 1790

Etymology: presumably tautonymous with Raja rhinobatos (no species mentioned); rhine (= rasp), a generic term for shark, referring to a shark’s rough skin; batis (= Greek for a flat fish, usually applied to a skate or ray), referring to body form being intermediate between that of a shark and ray The ETYFish Project

Synonyms

References

Primary references

  • Linck, H.F. 1790. Versuch einer Eintheilung der Fische nach den Zähnen. Magazin für das Neueste aus der Physik und Naturgeschichte Gotha 6(3): 28–38. Google Books Open access. Reference page. 

Additional references

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Ρινόβατος
日本語: サカタザメ属
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