Acroteriobatus

Acroteriobatus annulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinopristiformes

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

Familia: Rhinobatidae
Subfamilia: Rhinobatinae
Genus: Acroteriobatus

Species: A. annulatus – A. blochii – A. leucospilus – A. ocellatus – A. omanensis – A. salalah – A. variegatus – A. zanzibarensis

Name

Acroteriobatus Giltay, 1928

Type species: Rhinobatus (Syrrhina) annulatus Müller & Henle, 1841

Etymology: etymology not explained; perhaps acro- (= top or peak); –terion (= place or tool), allusions not evident; batis, Greek for a flat fish, usually applied to a skate or ray. (From: The ETYFish project).

References

• Giltay, L. 1928. Notes ichthyologiques. II.--Une espèce nouvelle de Rhinobatus du Congo belge (Rhinobatus congolensis, nov. sp.). Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique 59: 21–27. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., Henderson, A.C. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. Acroteriobatus omanensis (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae), a new guitarfish from the Gulf of Oman. Zootaxa 4144(2): 276–286. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.9. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., Séret, B. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Zootaxa 4117(4): 451–475. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. Reference page. 

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