Rhinobatos
| Rhinobatos Temporal range: Tithonian to Present
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| Genus: | Rhinobatos H. F. Linck, 1790
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Rhinobatos is a genus of fish in the Rhinobatidae family.[1] Although previously used to encompass all guitarfishes, it was found to be polyphyletic,[2] and recent authorities have transferred many species included in the genus to Acroteriobatus, Glaucostegus, and Pseudobatos.[3]
Species
The 15 currently recognized species in this genus are:[2][3]
- Rhinobatos albomaculatus Norman, 1930 (White-spotted guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos annandalei Norman, 1926 (Annandale's guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos borneensis Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016 (Borneo guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos holcorhynchus Norman, 1922 (Slender guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos hynnicephalus J. Richardson, 1846 (Ringstreaked guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos irvinei Norman, 1931 (Spineback guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos jimbaranensis Last, W. T. White & Fahmi, 2006 (Jimbaran shovelnose ray)[4]
- Rhinobatos lionotus Norman, 1926 (Smoothback guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos nudidorsalis Last, Compagno & Nakaya, 2004 (Bareback shovelnose ray)[5]
- Rhinobatos penggali Last, W. T. White & Fahmi, 2006 (Indonesian shovelnose ray)[4]
- Rhinobatos punctifer Compagno & J. E. Randall, 1987 (Spotted guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos rhinobatos Linnaeus, 1758 (Common guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos sainsburyi Last, 2004 (Goldeneye shovelnose ray)
- Rhinobatos schlegelii J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (Brown guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos whitei Last, Corrigan & Naylor, 2014 (Philippine guitarfish)[6]
Extinct species
Species within this genus include: [7]
- †Rhinobatos beurleni Silva Santos 1968
- †Rhinobatos bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894
- †Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1975
- †Rhinobatos grandis Davis 1887
- †Rhinobatos hakelensis Capetta 1980
- †Rhinobatos incertus Cappetta 1973
- †Rhinobatos intermedius Davis 1887
- †Rhinobatos latus Davis 1887
- †Rhinobatos maronita Pictet and Humbert 1866
- †Rhinobatos primarmatus Woodward 1889
- †Rhinobatos sahnii Sahni and Mehrotra 1981
- †Rhinobatos steurbauti Cappetta and Nolf 1981
- †Rhinobatos tenuirostris Davis 1887
- †Rhinobatos whitfieldi Hay 1903
Fossil record
These fishes lived from the Tithonian age to Present (from 150 to 0 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Europe, Africa, Pakistan, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, India and United States.
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ Wilga, C.D.; Motta, P.J. (1998). "Feeding mechanism of the Atlantic guitarfish Rhinobatos lentiginosus: Modulation of kinematic and motor activity". Journal of Experimental Biology. 201 (23): 3167–3184.
- ^ a b Carrier, J.C., Musick, J.A. & Heithaus, M.R., ed. (2012). Elasmobranch Phylogeny: A Mitochondrial Estimate Based on 595 Species (2 ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. pp. 31–56.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - ^ a b Rays of the World. CSIRO. 2016. ISBN 9780643109148.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|editors=ignored (|editor=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Fahmi (2006). "Rhinobatos jimbaranensis and R. penggali, two new shovelnose rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from eastern Indonesia". Cybium. 30 (3): 261–271.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Last, P.R., Compagno, L.J.V. & Nakaya, K. (2004). "Rhinobatos nudidorsalis, a new species of shovelnose ray (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the Mascarene Ridge, central Indian Ocean". Ichthyological Research. 51 (2): 153–158. doi:10.1007/s10228-004-0211-0.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Last, P.R., Corrigan, S. & Naylor, G. (2014). "Rhinobatos whitei, a new shovelnose ray (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the Philippine Archipelago". Zootaxa. 3872 (1): 31–47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3872.1.3.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Paleobiology Database