Acroteriobatus leucospilus

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: Acroteriobatus leucospilus

Name

Acroteriobatus leucospilus (Norman, 1926)

• Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1905.6.8.12 (1), 1920.7.23.1 (1).

Type locality: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean.

Etymology: leukos (= white); spilos (= spot), referring to blue-gray spots on snout and pectoral fins. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Rhinobatus leucospilus Norman, 1926
  • Rhinobatos leucospilus Norman, 1926 -- Compagno, 1986

Vernacular names

English: Grayspottted Guitarfish

References

• Norman, J.R. 1926. A synopsis of the rays of the family Rhinobatidae, with a revision of the genus Rhinobatus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1926(4): 941–982. Reference page. 

Links

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

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