Genus Rhinobatos Link, 1790
- Rhinobatos Linck, H.F. 1790. Versuch einer Einteilung der Fische nach den Zähnen. Magazin für das Neueste aus Physik und Naturgeschichte 6(3): 28-38 [32].
Type species:
Raja rhinobatos Linnaeus, 1758 (no included species, but many have argued that Raja rhinobatos is the type by tautonymy and it is not clear when the first subsequent designation was made) by subsequent designation, see Bigelow, H.B. & Schroeder, W.C. 1953. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays. pp. 1-514, figs 1-117 in Parr, A.E. (ed.). Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1(2): 1-599 [50]. - Rhinobatus Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls. [353].
Type species:
Raja rhinobatos Linnaeus, 1758 (type designation has been assumed to be by tautonymy, however the species spelling is not the same and virtual tautonymy has no status; when a subsequent designation occurred is not clear) by subsequent designation, see McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [21].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
RHINOBATIDAE: Rhinobatos schlegelii Müller & Henle, 1841 — Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 1999. Families Pristidae, Rhinidae, Rhinobatidae, Platyrhinidae. pp. 1410-1432 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1429] (restricted from Japan to Philippines and Vietnam)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
History of changes
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