Aptychotrema rostrata

Aptychotrema rostrata

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: Trygonorrhinidae
Genus: Aptychotrema
Species: Aptychotrema rostrata

Name

Aptychotrema rostrata (Shaw, 1794)

• No types known.

Type locality: No locality [Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia; ex Banks MS].

Etymology: rostrata (= beaked), referring to elongated snout. (From: The ETYFish project).

Synonyms

• Raja rostrata Shaw in Shaw & Nodder, 1794
• Rhinobatus (Syrrhina) bougainvillii Müller & Henle, 1841
  • Aptychotrema bougainvillii (Müller & Henle, 1841) -- Paxton et al., 1989
• Rhinobatus (Rhinobatus) banksii Müller & Henle, 1841

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Shovelnose Ray

References

• Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. 1789–1813. The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. Nodder & Co., London. 24 vols., unnumbered pages in 287 parts. BHL Reference page. 

Links

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

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