Rhinobatos

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]

Rhinobatos
Temporal range: 150–0 Ma Tithonian to Present
Rhinobatos rhinobatos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Rhinopristiformes
Family:
Rhinobatidae
Genus:
Rhinobatos

H. F. Linck, 1790
Rhinobatos hakelensis fossil

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
Fossil of Rhinobatos whitfieldi
Fossil of Rhinobatos hakelensis

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, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, India and United States.

  • Rhinobatos hynnicephalus
  • Rhinobatos rhinobatos
  • Rhinobatos schlegelii

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. Naylor, G.J.P.; Caira, J.N.; Jensen, K.; Rosana, K.A.M.; Straube, N.; Lakner, C. (2012). Carrier, J.C.; Musick, J.A.; Heithaus, M.R. (eds.). Elasmobranch Phylogeny: A Mitochondrial Estimate Based on 595 Species. Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives (2 ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. pp. 31–56.
  3. Peter Last; William White; Marcelo de Carvalho; Bernard Séret; Matthias Stehmann; Gavin Naylor, eds. (2016). Rays of the World. CSIRO. ISBN 9780643109148.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Paleobiology Database
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