Trygonorrhina

Trygonorrhina fasciata

Taxonavigation

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: Trygonorrhinidae
Genus: Trygonorrhina
Species: T. dumerilii – T. fasciata – T. melaleuca

Name

Trygonorrhina J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838

• Type species: Trygonorhina fasciata Müller & Henle, 1841

Etymology: having the nose of Trygon (= Dasyatis, stingrays) and the tail of Rhinobatos. (From The ETYFish project)

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Τρυγονόρινα
English: fiddler rays, banjo sharks

References

• 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. 
• Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1838. On the generic characters of cartilaginous fishes, with descriptions of new genera. Magazine of Natural History [E. Charlesworth, ed.] (n.s.) 2(7): 33–37; 88–91. Reference page.