Rhinopristiformes
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| Common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) | |
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| Order: | Rhinopristiformes Naylor, et al., 2012
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Rhinopristiformes is an order of rays, cartilaginous fishes related to sharks, containing shovelnose rays and allied groups.[1][2][3]
Families
- Family Glaucostegidae (giant guitarfishes)
- Family Pristidae (sawfishes)
- Family Rhinidae (wedgefishes)
- Family Rhinobatidae (guitarfishes)
- Family Trygonorrhinidae (banjo rays)
- Additional families
Two additional families are associated with the order but their phylogenetic relationships remain to be fully resolved:
- Family Platyrhinidae (fanrays)
- Family Zanobatidae (panrays)
References
- ^ Rays of the World. CSIRO. 2016. ISBN 9780643109148.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|editors=ignored (|editor=suggested) (help) - ^ 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 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. 2016. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1.
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