Species Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Giant Guitarfish, Sandshark, Shovelnose Shark, Smoothnose Wedgefish
- Rhinobatus laevis Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls. [354].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 5536, Japan.
Generic Combinations
- Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). —
Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1837. Gattungen der Haifische und Rochen, nach ihrer Arbeit: "Ueber die Naturgeschichte der Knorpelfische". Bericht der Königlisch Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1836: 111-118 [116] (in subsequent literature often considered a synonym of Rhynchobatus djiddensis)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [303]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775). —
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. (in part, misidentification and confusion with Rhynchobatus australiae)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Fremantle, WA to Brunswich Heads, NSW; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore marine, intertidal, marine, sand bottom marine, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
To 60 m
General References
Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1–670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671–1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473–2178. [175] (as Rhynchobatus australis, in part)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. (as Rhynchobatus djiddensis, in part)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [23] (as Rhynchobatus djiddensis, in part)
Common Name References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [303] (Giant Guitarfish, Sandshark, Shovelnose Shark, Smoothnose Wedgefish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Mar-2010 | ADDED |