Acroteriobatus annulatus

Acroteriobatus annulatus

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
Subfamilia: Rhinobatinae
Genus: Acroteriobatus
Species: Acroteriobatus annulatus

Name

Acroteriobatus annulatus (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1843.2.29.22 (1, stuffed); MNHN A-8586 (1).

Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Etymology: annulatus (= ringed), referring to white annular rings around body and tail. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Rhinobatus (Syrrhina) annulatus Müller & Henle, 1841
  • Rhinobatos annulatus Müller & Henle, 1841 -- Compagno, 1986

References

• Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1838–1841. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp., Berlin. i–xxii + 1–200, 60 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Acroteriobatus annulatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Acroteriobatus annulatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Lesser Sandshark

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