Sympterygia bonapartii

Sympterygia bonapartii

Taxonavigation: Rajiformes
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 Superordo: Rajomorphii Ordo: Rajiformes

Familia: Arhynchobatidae
Genus: Sympterygia
Species: Sympterygia bonapartii

Name

Sympterygia bonapartii Müller & Henle, 1841

• Holotype (unique): ZMB 4618.
• Type locality: Locality unknown [Buenos Aires, Argentina].
• Etymology: in honor of biologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803-1857), whose 1834 treatise on the fauna of Italy introduced several new sharks and rays to science. (From The ETYFish Project)

Synonymy

• Sympterygia bonaparti Müller & Henle, 1841
• Sympterygia bonapartei Müller & Henle, 1841 - Gomes & Gadig in Menezes et al., 2003
• Raia marplatensis Marini, 1935

References

Primary references

• Müller, J.P. & Henle, F.G.J. 1838–41. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp., Berlin. i–xxii + 1–200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1–28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27–28, 29–102 in 1839, i–xxii + 103–200 in 1841.] BHL Reference page. 
• Estalles, M. L., Perier, M. R. & Di Giácomo, E. E., 2015: Trophic ecology of the smallnose fanskate Sympterygia bonapartii in the San Matías Gulf, northern Patagonia, Argentina. Ichthyological Research, First online: 19 September 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-015-0489-0

Links

• Sympterygia bonapartii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

English: Smallnose Fanskate

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