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)

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)

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

English: Grayspottted Guitarfish

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.
Weigmann, S., Ebert, D.A., Séret, B. 2021. Resolution of the Acroteriobatus leucospilus species complex, with a redescription of A. leucospilus (Norman, 1926) and descriptions of two new western Indian Ocean species of Acroteriobatus (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinobatidae). Marine Biodiversity. 51(4): 1–30. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-021-01208-6 . Reference page.

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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