Acroteriobatus zanzibarensis

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 zanzibarensis

Name

Acroteriobatus zanzibarensis (Norman, 1926)

• Holotype: BMNH 1868.5.30.4.
• Paratypes: BMNH 1867.3.9.429 (1, dry)

Type locality: Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean.

Etymology: –ensis, suffix denoting place: Zanzibar (Tanzania), type locality. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

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

Vernacular names

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

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