Wedgefishes are rays of the family Rhinidae, comprising eleven species in three genera. Classified in the order Rhinopristiformes along with guitarfishes and sawfishes, they have also been known as giant guitarfishes or sharkfin guitarfishes.
Taxonomy
- Rhina <small>Bloch & Schneider, 1801</small>
- Rhina ancylostoma <small>Bloch & Schneider, 1801</small> (Shark ray)
- Rhynchobatus <small>J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837</small>
- Rhynchobatus australiae <small>Whitley, 1939</small> (Bottlenose wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus cooki <small>Last, Kyne & Compagno, 2016</small> (Roughnose wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus djiddensis <small>(ForsskÃÂ¥l, 1775)</small> (Whitespotted wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus immaculatus <small>Last, H.-C.Ho & R.-R. Chen, 2013</small> (Taiwanese wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus laevis <small>(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)</small> (Smoothnose wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus luebberti <small>Ehrenbaum, 1915</small> (African wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus mononoke <small>Koeda, Itou, Yamada & Motomura, 2020</small> (Japanese wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus palpebratus <small>Compagno & Last, 2008</small> (Eyebrow wedgefish)
- Rhynchobatus springeri <small>Compagno & Last, 2010</small> (Broadnose wedgefish)
- Rhynchorhina <small>Séret & Naylor, 2016</small>
- Rhynchorhina mauritaniensis <small>Séret & Naylor, 2016</small> (False shark ray)
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