Brown guitarfish
Appearance
Brown guitarfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
Family: | Rhinobatidae |
Genus: | Rhinobatos |
Species: | R. schlegelii
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Binomial name | |
Rhinobatos schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841
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Synonyms | |
Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926 |
The brown guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii) is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.[2] It is found in western Pacific of Taiwan and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, coral reefs, and estuarine waters. The Taiwan guitarfish (Rhinobatos formosensis) was formerly considered a distinct species, but is now considered a junior synonym.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Rigby, C.L.; Walls, R.H.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Rhinobatos schlegelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T104005557A104006031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T104005557A104006031.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhinobatos schlegelii". Fishbase. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ 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, 451–475. 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1