Rhinobatos


Rhinobatos, meaning "nose", and βάτος 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 Norman, 1930
  • Rhinobatos annandalei Norman, 1926
  • Rhinobatos austini Ebert & Gon, 2017
  • Rhinobatos borneensis Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016
  • Rhinobatos formosensis Norman, 1926
  • Rhinobatos holcorhynchus Norman, 1922
  • Rhinobatos hynnicephalus J. Richardson, 1846
  • Rhinobatos irvinei Norman, 1931
  • Rhinobatos jimbaranensis Last, W. T. White & Fahmi, 2006
  • Rhinobatos lionotus Norman, 1926
  • Rhinobatos manai W. T. White, Last & Naylor, 2016
  • Rhinobatos nudidorsalis Last, Compagno & Nakaya, 2004
  • Rhinobatos penggali Last, W. T. White & Fahmi, 2006
  • Rhinobatos punctifer Compagno & J. E. Randall, 1987
  • Rhinobatos ranongensis Last, Séret & Naylor, 2019
  • Rhinobatos rhinobatos Linnaeus, 1758
  • Rhinobatos sainsburyi Last, 2004
  • Rhinobatos schlegelii J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841
  • Rhinobatos thouiniana
  • Rhinobatos whitei Last, Corrigan & Naylor, 2014

    Extinct species

Species within this genus include:
  • †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
†Rhinobatos beurleni Silva Santos 1968 moved into its own genus, Iansan.

Fossil record

These fishes lived from the Tithonian age to Present. Fossils have been found in Brazil, Europe, Africa, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, India and United States.