Rhinobatos schlegelii

Rhinobatos schlegelii

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
Genus: Rhinobatos
Species: Rhinobatos schlegelii

Name

Rhinobatos schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841

• Lectotype: RMNH D2680 (dry).
• Paralectotypes: (8, including 2 dry, 6 alcohol) ?BMNH (1); RMNH D2681 and D2684-2687 (5, dry), D2689 (1, dry), 4225 (4).

Type locality: Japan.

Etymology: named in honor of ornithologist and herpetologist Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884), for his unhesitating support of the authors’ work. (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Rhinobatus (Rhinobatus) schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841
  • Rhinobatus schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841
• Rhinobatus natalensis Fowler, 1925

Vernacular names

English: Brown Guitarfish
日本語: サカタザメ

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. 
• 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. 

Links

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

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