Rhinobatos (from Ancient Greek ῥïà(rhÃÂs), meaning "nose", and òìÃÂÿà(bátos), meaning "ray") is a genus of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. Although previously used to encompass all guitarfishes, it was found to be polyphyletic, and recent authorities have transferred many species included in the genus to Acroteriobatus, Glaucostegus, and Pseudobatos.
Species
The 20 currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Rhinobatos albomaculatus <small>Norman, 1930</small> (White-spotted guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos annandalei <small>Norman, 1926</small> (Annandale's guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos austini <small>Ebert & Gon, 2017</small> (Austin's guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos borneensis <small>Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016</small> (Borneo guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos formosensis <small>Norman, 1926</small> (Taiwan guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos holcorhynchus <small>Norman, 1922</small> (Slender guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos hynnicephalus <small>J. Richardson, 1846</small> (Ringstreaked guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos irvinei <small>Norman, 1931</small> (Spineback guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos jimbaranensis <small>Last, W. T. White & Fahmi, 2006</small> (Jimbaran shovelnose ray)
- Rhinobatos lionotus <small>Norman, 1926</small> (Smoothback guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos manai <small>W. T. White, Last & Naylor, 2016</small> (Papuan guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos nudidorsalis <small>Last, Compagno & Nakaya, 2004</small> (Bareback shovelnose ray)
- Rhinobatos penggali <small>Last, W. T. White & Fahmi, 2006</small> (Indonesian shovelnose ray)
- Rhinobatos punctifer <small>Compagno & J. E. Randall, 1987</small> (Spotted guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos ranongensis <small>Last, Séret & Naylor, 2019</small> (Ranong guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos rhinobatos <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Common guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos sainsburyi <small>Last, 2004</small> (Goldeneye shovelnose ray)
- Rhinobatos schlegelii <small>J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841</small> (Brown guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos thouiniana <small>(Shaw, 1804)</small> (Shaw's shovelnose guitarfish)
- Rhinobatos whitei <small>Last, Corrigan & Naylor, 2014</small> (Philippine guitarfish)
Extinct species
Species within this genus include:
- â Rhinobatos bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894
- â Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1975
- â Rhinobatos grandis Davis 1887
- â Rhinobatos hakelensis Capetta 1980
- â Rhinobatos incertus Cappetta 1973
- â Rhinobatos intermedius Davis 1887
- â Rhinobatos latus Davis 1887
- â Rhinobatos maronita Pictet and Humbert 1866
- â Rhinobatos primarmatus Woodward 1889
- â Rhinobatos sahnii Sahni and Mehrotra 1981
- â Rhinobatos steurbauti Cappetta and Nolf 1981
- â Rhinobatos tenuirostris Davis 1887
- â Rhinobatos whitfieldi Hay 1903
â Rhinobatos beurleni Silva Santos 1968 moved into its own genus, Iansan.
Fossil record
These fishes lived from the Tithonian age to Present (from 150 to 0 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Brazil, Europe, Africa, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, India and United States.
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