Rhynchobatus mononoke
Appearance
Rhynchobatus mononoke | |
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at the Kagoshima Aquarium | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
Family: | Rhinidae |
Genus: | Rhynchobatus |
Species: | R. mononoke
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Binomial name | |
Rhynchobatus mononoke |
Rhynchobatus mononoke, the Japanese wedgefish, is a species of fish in the family Rhinidae. It is found in southern Japan.[2]
This species reaches a length of 130 cm (51 in). [3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Koeda, Keita; Itou, Masahide; Yamada, Morihiko; Motomura, Hiroyuki (2020-09-20). "Rhynchobatus mononoke, a new species of wedgefish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinidae) from Japan, with comments on Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch and Schneider 1801)". Ichthyological Research. 68 (2): 223–238. doi:10.1007/s10228-020-00777-z. ISSN 1616-3915. S2CID 224917810.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Rhynchobatus mononoke" in FishBase. February 2015 version.